The fact that my songs take a long time to write is no guarantee of their excellence.

No one masters the heart.

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.

I am not the one who loves - It's love that chooses me. When hatred with his package comes, you forbid delivery...

I heard of a man who says words so beautifully that if he only speaks their name women give themselves to him. If I am dumb beside your body while silence blossoms like tumors on our lips it is because I hear a man climb stairs and clear his throat outside our door.

I found that things became a lot easier when I no longer expected to win. You abandon your masterpiece and sink into the real masterpiece.

The obstacles are great and the suffering is great and people have got to make a living.