Switching off perfection switched on the human quality

Meaninglessness takes hold because meaninglessness is addictive.

Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

It's easy for me to say, "Oh yeah, that's the self-saboteur move that most artists pull whenever they're afraid."

Music has the power to stop time. But music also keeps time.

I love traveling the States no matter what. I love traveling abroad, going to Japan and Australia. I love it. I never get tired of it.

I believe that the only people who really, truly benefit from any of the policies of Republicans are the wealthy. I'm in that 1 percent tax bracket, but I'm not a man of wealth.