Memory was a curse, yes, he thought, but it was also the greatest gift. Because if you lost memory you lost everything.
Everybody, everybody wants to be loved
I think just letting go is a really good thing to do in many areas of your life, songwriting included.
With Twitter and Instagram and all of these vehicles where fans can directly interact with you and get your attention, there's a little bit of an entitlement. Like, "Why won't you follow me or write me back?" Well, if I write you back, then I have to write everyone back.
I love you more than I could ever promise because you take me the way I am.
If you wait for someone else's hand, you will surely fall down.
When I said I was born a feminist, I was born thinking woman are equal to men, if not stronger than men. That's the way I always was.
We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?
When you experience having nothing you value everything - and that applies to all aspects of life.
If we'd never met, I think I would have known my life wasn't complete. And I would have wandered the world in search of you, even if I didn't know who I was looking for.
Only by practice and non-attachment can we conquer mind.