Fight night is all about believing in yourself, believing in what you can do, and doing it.
Rachmaninov has some kind of weird dark edge to his music which I don't think I've heard with any other kind of music before.
There's something in music which is obviously beyond language itself. It's communication in its purest form.
To have your heart in pieces while every other aspect of your life couldn’t go better is a traumatic experience. In appearance, life is fine. But as you put your day in focus, everything turns grey. What happened made me realise that complete, absolute happiness doesn’t exist.
I think the way I am on stage is probably who I really am. Everything else is a persona. It's an unedited version of who you are. For me there's something pure about that.
Being an atheist means you have to realise that when you die, that really is it. You've got to make the most of what you've got here and spread as much influence as you can. I believe that you only live through the influence that you spread, whether that means having a kid or making music.
I prefer music that invents a universe.
Bettman is an asshole. A frikkin asshole. I think he's ruined the game of hockey. He's supposed to be impartial. He's supposed to speak for the good of the league, but in my opinion, he's strictly behind the owners. Those 1996 rule changes are a joke
Often, we melt into our ecstasies as though they were jams, as though we were sinking into syrupy bowls of gooseberries, of raspberries, of bilberries.
The minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion.
There's no point in success if you don't let it go to your head. That's what it's for.