"I think the rhythm is like the spine of the piece. If you change that, then the body that forms around it is changed as well."
"As you get older, some top notes drop off and bottom notes appear, which I quite like. You listen to Leonard Cohen or Johnny Cash, and you see the advantage of the lower end."
"Books are many things: lullabies for the weary, ointment for the wounded, armor for the fearful and nests for those in need of a home."
"What is love? It is not simply compassion, not simply kindness. In compassion there are two: the one who suffers and the one who feels compassion. In kindness there are two: the one who gives and the one who receives. But in love there is only one; the two join, unite, become inseparable. The I and the you vanish. To love means to lose oneself in the beloved."
