"Every artist is different - the pop mentality is different than bands for me, because I'm playing a lot of the instruments."

“When we translate, we always to some extent betray the text we are translating. That is why translation is so hard and thankless. All you can do is to fail in the least egregious way possible.”

Source : "Buddhist howls". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. December 28, 2012..

“I was trying to be appreciative for the education I had, for the sacrifices my parents made. I was very interested in perfect attendance, OK, and straight A's and, you know, dean's list, because those I think were worthwhile, you know, endeavors. And it was important to spend my time in that way and become well-rounded.”

Source : "Who's responsible for the fall of Ramadi: Iraq or the US?". "The Five" with Dana Perino, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Juan Williams, Eric Bolling, and Greg Gutfeld, www.foxnews.com. May 19, 2015.

“The nineties, ecstatic decade!”

“God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.”

“I suppose the word "unbearable" is a lie by definition. Unless you kill yourself immediately after using it.”

“There is no fear when you choose love. The more you choose love, the more love is in your life. It gets easier and easier.”

“The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives.”

“It will take a brave person to cull the benefits system and analyse who deserves and who doesn't.”