"But I started it when I was going through a transitional time in my life. At the end of it, it really sort of symbolized it. I had made room to change, and room to grow. I recorded it in a little room."

“It takes me a long time to understand my work myself, so I name them in the order that they're created.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“When you stop hoping you start settling.”

Source : FaceBook post by Valorie Burton from Feb 25, 2015

“That's all I did - that's all I ever did - try to do what Billy Strayhorn did.”

“It is when suffering finds a voice and sets our nerves quivering that this pity comes troubling us.”

“Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.”

“Oh, dear God, thank you, you are such a good God to us. A kind and gentle and accommodating God, and we thank You oh sweet, sweet Lord of hosts for the smörgÃ¥sbord You have so aptly laid at our table this day, and each day, by day, day by day, by day oh dear Lord three things we pray to love Thee more dearly, to see Thee more clearly, to follow Thee more nearly, day, by day, by day. Amen.”

“I can assure you that buying leases for x and selling them for 5x or 10x is a lot more profitable than trying to produce gas at $5 or $6 per million cubic feet.”

Source : "Mexico's 'mother of all oil and gas rushes' is about to get ugly" by Wolf Richter, www.businessinsider.com. September 10, 2015.

“I can sometimes be a demanding person and Cristiano is really patient dealing with my personality. So I also try my hardest to offer him all my support when he needs it.”