Sit down before fact as a little child be prepared to give up every conceived notion follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads or you will learn nothing.

Mother Nature may be forgiving this year or next year but eventually she's going to come around and whack you. You've got to be prepared.

I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs if that means I'm playing music that I believe in.

The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left.

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

The movies were custard compared to politics.

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.