I can make something magical and wonderful out of nothing.

I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

I suppose for me as an artist it wasn’t always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go.

Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn’t happen, but other planets.

A good model of how to ‚work with the enemy‘ internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul as he confronts the Chinese government that invaded Tibet.

I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora’s ‚Runaway‘ music video. Something inside me clicked, like, ‚That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.‘

For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

You can draw inspiration from anything. If you’re a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you’re casually talking to says something that makes you so mad – you can create an entire scenario around that.

‚Recreative‘ is a word that I invented because in urban culture, with colloquialism, we invent so many slangs. I don’t like the way that ‚recreational‘ sounds – I don’t like to say I do a lot of ‚recreational‘ reading. I like to say that I read ‚recreatively.‘ I do a lot of ‚recreative‘ reading.

Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, ‚I want to get out and become like him‘. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.

There are definitely people who disagree with certain creative decisions you make. Pleasing everyone is pretty hard.

Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it’s just a daisy in a jelly glass.

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do. Sci-fi is that which we’re probably not going to see.

I have not worked out my poems with a careful will, falling rather on haphazard and blind formulation of wordage, a more flowing concept, in a hope for a more new and lively path. I do personalize at times, but this only for the grace and elan of the dance.

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles.

Many of my fans often tell me that they listen to my songs to get through things. And therefore, obviously, I hope that they can picture being in a place where things are better… I hope my songs can bring people to a calm place.

I just love Bowie. I think he’s the ultimate inventor.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

I never dreamt, in my dream, I’m Dalai Lama.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

I’m a painter in sound.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don’t be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

I can express myself.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

I think you can give a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry.

Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn’t insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.

I’m fascinated by musicians who don’t completely understand their territory; that’s when you do your best work.

What is Apple, after all? Apple is about people who think ‚outside the box,‘ people who want to use computers to help them change the world, to help them create things that make a difference, and not just to get a job done.

Sometimes people make it seem like you have to have certain prerequisites or a crazy life story in order to be successful in this world. But the truth is you really don’t.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

I can’t make a song for a particular person or demographic. If I love it, I’m gonna do it. I have to perform it for the rest of my life. A song is like a tattoo – you can never get away from it.

I have the ’77 Million Paintings‘ running in my studio a lot of the time. Occasionally I’ll look up from what I’m doing and I think, ‚God, I’ve never seen anything like that before!‘ And that’s a real thrill.

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

As the poet said, ‚Only God can make a tree,‘ probably because it’s so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.

I believe that one person can make a difference.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

I used to take my short stories to girls‘ homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a short story to a girl instead of pawing her?

I think sometimes – not always – I write songs that are accessible.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with ‚Rocky,‘ so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.

I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.

I kind of make a film for myself to sort of express myself.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.