The world is ruled by butterflies adding to their weapon piles. Imagine what your taxes buy. We hardly ever try.

If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward.

I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children.

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

I think you can get the wrong impression about me from my work and think I'm always a bit down. I'm not that way at all. I'm fun-loving.

Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast.

Money is only important when you don't have any.