"The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion"

"Music is my religion"

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"

"I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love"

"Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time"

"Its love that makes the world go round, my baby"

"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science"

"Love is a serious mental disease"

"Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them"

"If you're going to be at a job environment, you should love it. You shouldn't do it just for money. You should do it because you love it. And the money comes naturally"