"Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just."

“I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.”

“People may claim to hate puns, but most true word lovers have groaned to like them.”

Source : Jay Heinrichs (2011). “Word Hero: A Fiendishly Clever Guide to Crafting the Lines that Get Laughs, Go Viral, and Live Forever”, p.72, Three Rivers Press

“The whole wide world is a cathedral; I stand inside, the air is calm, And from afar at times there reaches My ear the echo of a psalm.”

“One of the great things about songwrighting; it's not an intellectual experience”

“Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again.”

“Lifestyles of the rich and famous. Well I'm rich and famous but if you got money, they know what you're name is. If you don't, you're nameless.”

“One demonstration of extremists, any more than a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in the United States, is not necessarily reflective of what the rest of the country feels.”

“People aren't really paying attention when they're listening to your record, so unless you're shouting exactly what you want them to hear, they don't pay attention.”

Source : "United Nations". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. July 2, 2014.