"Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart, so recognize it when it happens. Living a lie will reduce you to one."

“It's always a pleasure to imagine an idea and work alongside a brand like G-Shock to make it a reality. G-Shock continues to push the bar with design and technology and that inspires me to do the same with my riding and visuals.”

“The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying.”

Source : "Interview in Rome". Encountering Directors, (pp. 15-32), 1972.

“Do you think George Bush actually knows who Gordon Brown is? He probably just thinks Tony Blair's put on weight and had a mild stroke.”

“I did learn what I didn't know I wanted to know.”

“You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block opposite your house.”

Source : Renzo Piano (1999). “The Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1998: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Prize : Presented to Renzo Piano”

“I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.”

“There is no greater feeling than when a groom turns to see his bride and has tears in his eyes because she is so beautiful.”

“Out Milky Way is the dwelling; the nebulae are the city.”