"There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own."

“I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.”

“I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

“Because way down deep they know that civilized people have to preserve rare birds.”

Source : E.L. Konigsburg (2011). “Silent to the Bone”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

“If a person plays dissonance long enough, it will sound like consonance. It's a language that was alien and then it's less and less alien as it continues to live.”

“It is different for us mortals. We are the ones who become old and grey. We are the ones who become worn at the seams and disappear. But not our dreams. They can live on in other people even after we have gone.”

“Morality must always precede and accompany religion, and yet religion is much more than morality.”

“In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.”

Source : 'The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe' (1719)

“People like Ted Cruz, who has tried to position himself as the best second choice for [Donald] Trump supporters, wouldn't condemn him.”

Source : ""Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. December 10, 2015.