Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.
All your secret wishes could right now be coming true.
Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.
Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like. . . only a freak. A freak among other freaks
I got tired of doing battle with people thinking I was a little weird because I wasn't in a band making happy, stilted music. The only people who really seem weird to me are people who think they're normal. People who think it's possible to be normal just by doing the same things that most people do. Is there a most people? I don't know. Television makes it seem like there is, but I think that might just be television.
I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.
Everything means nothing to me
You're president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input.
Weariness, sometimes more than anything else, can bring an end to war.
Love may be the ultimate solution to all man's difficulties, problems and travails.
Deep breaths. I am taking deep breaths. Composure. Which, for me, means composing. . . Maybe this is my way of creating the illusion of control over something I have no control over. Like, if it's just a story I'm telling or a song I'm singing, then I'll be okay because I'm the guy who's providing the words.