"All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe!"

“Thought must never submit, neither to a dogma, nor to a party, nor to a passion, nor to an interest, nor to a preconceived idea, nor to whatever it may be, save to the facts themselves, because, for thought, submission would mean ceasing to be.”

Source : Speech at the University of Brussels during the festival for the 75th anniversary of the university's foundation, November 19, 1909.

“I think I'm a soulful singer.”

“The moral spectacle of capitalism still offends, as does American capitalism's implacable insistence that the market determine value even in the political, intellectual, and artistic spheres.”

Source : "Barbarian Sentiments - How The American Century Ends". Book by William Pfaff, Chapter 2, The Challenge of Europe, p. 31, 1989.

“It is hard to look back and talk about a set of disjointed experiences as though they were part of one smooth progression.”

“Broken crayons still colour the same”

“Bicycles are the new rollerblades, talentless is the new talented, and I'm in hog heaven.”

“Wouldn't that be nice if we could all afford to just freely pursue our dreams?”

“I love the Italian culture - it's a beautiful culture. I love the language, the Italian people, their music, their attitudes... I just love it! Sometimes I think I'm an Italian trapped in a Spanish woman's body.”