There is nothing quite so delightfully mysterious as a secret in your own backyard.

Owls are wise. They are careful and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness. That is why owls make poor heroes.

Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So I began sleeping less to give her the time she needed.

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.

...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.

Only priests and fools are fearless and I've never been on the best of terms with God.

I'd like to do an anthology. Maybe a collection of songs set in my world, or based on my world. I think that would be a lot of fun.