Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.

When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.

The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.

Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.

What I've learned is that living in public life... it's impossible to have everybody like you. No matter what you do.

I'll wager there isn't a human being on earth who doesn't believe in luck, however rational they pretend to be in public life. In reality, most of human life is luck - and, of course, its darker, more prevalent opposite. One only has to live long enough to experience both.

I've learned how to be a better performer on stage and interact with the fans, make it feel like a collective experience more than just me singing songs on a stage and feeling really detached.

When I was younger, I believed my inconsistency was due to my youth. I believed that age would teach me all I needed to know and that when I was older, I would have learned the lessons of life and discovered the secrets of true spirituality. I am older - a lot older - and the secrets are still secret from me.