The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.

We do what only lovers can: make a gift out of necessity.

I've often said if I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often.

From bitter searching of the heart, quickened with passion and with pain we rise to play a greater part this is the faith from which we start.

Well, you know, there's depression and depression. What I mean by depression in my own case is that depression isn't just the blues. It's not just like I have a hangover in the weekend ... the girl didn't show up or something like that. It isn't that. It's not really depression, it's a kind of mental violence which stops you from functioning properly from one moment to the next. You lose something somewhere and suddenly you're gripped by a kind of angst of the heart and of the spirit.

I've always held the song in high regard because songs have got me through so many sinks of dishes and so many humiliating courting events.

I guess you go for nothing, if you really want to go that far.