Art itself is female - it is full of graciousness, cadence, color, rhythm. It's full of love and grace.

When I was 15, all I knew was that I had to be somebody and that I could be somebody. So I exploited the only thing I knew, which was singing and songwriting.

I have a tendency to trust translators, mainly because nobody does it for the money.

I don't believe in competing, because there's room for everyone. You have to compete with yourself, because your duty to grow as a human being and keeping your humility is much more important than your music career. You can get money, women, travels, but all that's an illusion.

The most wonderful thing in life is to do something for a child because they're children for such a short time. We can't allow ourselves to let them live a miserable childhood.

The saddest thing that can happen to a person is to find out their memories are lies.

There is no more disastrous mania, no more dangerous whim, than the speculation over roads not taken.