That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It must go somewhere.

If you make your living writing, and you can't write anything, it's over. It's very frightening.

Nothing in your life is beyond redemption.

Don't judge me, you could be me in another life.

Melancholy is no bad thing.

Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away, history will teach us nothing.

I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is what alleviates the pain of being human.