It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.

I have friends who've tried suicide many times and haven't succeeded. I myself made an attempt, so I had a connection with that sort of group of people who have tried suicide at one time in their lives.

I think that new communications are wonderful and I am delighted to be a part of the Internet generation

Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop.

I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.

Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking, the longing that breaks our hearts even when we think we should be happiest, and to which we cannot give a name.

I don't know where my songs come from... If I knew, I'd know too much, more than we are allowed on this plane.