"My grandfather was a practising Quaker. My father was a nihilist. But nihilism, if you like, is the beginning of faith anyway."

“I didn't speak English until I came to Pittsburgh.”

“There are plenty of towns in America where the 4-year-old has shot his 2-year-old sister by using daddy's gun.”

“Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.”

“Sometimes words were less valuable than the air that carried them when it came to getting close.”

“Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!”

“I wanted to make some music with deeper meaning mixed with the fun and cool stuff I've been doing for so long.”

“Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.”

“Superstition always inspires littleness, religion grandeur of mind; the superstitious raises beings inferior to himself to deities.”