Words, however, are things..

History is at once freedom and necessity..

It's necessary, at some point, to destroy your beauty..

Love creates, it doesn't destroy..

But we can't go back. We can only go forward..

I've been making music ever since, but it was never something I thought I could make any money doing..

Surely all of us are nerved by one another, catch courage from one another..

I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me..

I have to change to stay the same..

I could never be James Bond..

Stand by those who stand by you..

You can start your day over anytime..

You can't say, "I'm gonna make a hit movie." You're as dead as you could be..

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Every time I do a movie where it gets physical, I say never again..

Be sure that whatever you are is you..

You never can overwhelm an instrument. You will never get out all that's in an instrument. An instrument will bring you to your limits..

With each new album: I need to kill the last version of me..

I couldn't kill a fly..

I don't want to exhibit something to someone anymore. I want to do the reverse: I want to exhibit someone to something..

Glibness will get your anywhere..