I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age
The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.
'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosopher, isn't he?'
Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.
The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.
Guess in my brain I have a figurative 'man card' that's got certain punches that need to be punched.
There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.
The truth is that you are the instrument of God, that you have to become one with God, that you have to be born again.
I had an unspoken treaty with myself to never lie in my lyrics, so, for a long time, when I wrote love songs, I would use genderless pronouns, like "dear" and "darling" - like some kind of granny!