Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.
I guess I'm just a heart-on-sleeve type of human being.
You can't just be reactive to the things going on in your life. You have to imagine, and you have to plunder other people's work, books, poems, ideas, observations.
That's what music is for me. It's a place to go to.
I don't really know why I'm such an emotional person, that's just how I was born. It's a problem. It's not easy to be married to me.
In the creative act, you kind of reach down and look for things that will, when put together, create an emotional effect.
I find everything a struggle.
Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind.
Beggin' your pardon, miss, but I was told you be the one to help me cross on to the next world. " "Who told you this?" His eyes widen. "A fearsome creature with a head full of snakes!" "You musn't fear her," I say, taking the man's hand and leading his toward the river. "She's as tame as a pussycat. She'd probably lick your hand given the chance. " "Didn't seem harmless," he whispers, shuddering. "Yes, well, things are not always as they appear, sir, and we must learn to judge for ourselves.
Just being a human being, I’ve realized that before every big problem you create for yourself, before every huge mess you have to clean up, there was a crucial moment where you could’ve just said no.
What I wasn't used to was being in front of the camera.