Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention.
All appreciations and praises are worthless unless the one you love appreciates
If marriages are said to be made in heaven then why search for grooms in hell.
The biggest fool is one who minds the business of others rather than minding his very own
Alcohol does not solve problems but becomes a problem in itself
Love is a disease – ultimately you get sick of each other
We generally look around for what is not there fretting over it and thus letting go of what is there.
I don't think I'm prepared for life in the spotlight. I don't even think I'm really prepared now, but I still don't really feel like I'm in the spotlight a lot. I'm not a household name. I'm not followed around by paparazzi. I still have a very normal life. I'd love as many people to know and like my music as possible, but there's something quite lovely about being able to still go and watch your boys play football.
I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.
The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself. I was born into the century in which novels lost their stories, poems their rhymes, paintings their form, and music its beauty, but that does not mean I had to like that trend or go along with it. I fight against these movements with every book I write.
I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions.