I'm less comfortable in a gregarious social situation, and you can be introverted and still share everything. It just means that you're guarded.

Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not in my mind when I wrote it.

I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind.

Sometimes you're up against everybody in the whole world - even your friends and family are saying, "You need a single." You feel sometimes incredibly alone.

...The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true.

Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the past. Long ago the mould was cast.

I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years.