If we keep our little flame alive, our first feeling of enthusiasm of who we are, without the influence or intervention of others, we will prevail.

I have loved books all my life. There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book.

I reflected on the fact that no matter how good I aspired to be, I was never going to achieve perfection

Life is like a roller coaster. It's never going to be perfect - it is going to have perfect moments, and then rough spots, but it's all worth it.

When you do controversial work, you're going to upset a certain amount of people.

I don't know why, the very first word on my very first record is 'Jesus.' I still invoke him as an entity to reckon with.

I always wear the same thing onstage.