I don’t see myself as ever being like anybody else.

Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry – writing at writing.

A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.

Better is the enemy of good.

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time, it is common to all, hence the incomparably indivisible union that exists between human beings.

I have to write because if I don’t get something down then after a while I feel it’s going to bang the side of my head off.

When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

So much of what we do every single day is the result of habits that we have formed over time.

I’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

If I’m in a bad mood, or if I’m uncomfortable, it’s probably what I’m wearing that’s making me feel that way.

I wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free. You’ve got to put in the work. You’ve got to grind. You’ve got go through the struggle, and you’ve got to get it.

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I’d get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

I believe that every person is born with talent.

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet’s heart when caught and tangled in a woman’s body?

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

What you don’t do can be a destructive force.

Perhaps one of the most difficult things for us to do is to choose a notable and joyous dress for men. There would be more joy in life if we were to accustom ourselves to use all the beautiful colours we can in fashioning our own clothes.

I’m a free spirit.

Well, I wouldn’t say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

I’m terrified of therapy because I don’t want it to mess with my creativity.

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.

There’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

I think everyone’s inherently snobbish. Things that are very popular are not taken seriously, because the snobbish side of one says, ‚Well, if everyone likes it it can’t be that good.‘ Whereas if only I and a couple of other people like it, then it must be really something special.

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

I look like a woman, but I think like a man.

I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men’s clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am.

I have goals.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

I’m afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

If I’m inspired to make a certain kind of song, I’m going to make that kind of song, no matter if it’s what they know me as or think I am.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

You pay a certain penalty for going your own way. A lot of people think you’re nuts, and you’re not as popular with girls as you should be.

We human beings are strange creatures and still reserve the right to think for ourselves.

Everyone has their style and your style explains a lot about who you are – you feel me? I’ve had style since childhood, so I like to dress how I feel. But maybe I get carried away by some trends.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they’re going to do for the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking.

In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I’m always going to feel everything. It’s my nature.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

In art, at a certain level, there is no ‚better than.‘ It’s just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.

All I can do is try to create my own brand and have people appreciate me for that.

I’ve never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that – of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

There’s not some idea I’m going to create a work that’s going to change everybody’s consciousness.