For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love.
. . . my mind lay limp in an empty world.
I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world’s muteness.
Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.
Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.
Because you took advantage of my disadvantage.
It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.
I think there are some things in music that work and don't work. That's learned from counterpoint and rhythm and theory, and they don't work if you don't want them to work.
I have been fully involved in designing my stage shows; it's important to me to do something really unique and almost off-the-wall to bring the music and the visuals together. I love design and actually went to school for a bit for graphic design, so it isn't so much 'pressure' for me; it's a way to be creative, and I really enjoy it.
I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game.
In my day the schools taught two things, love of country and penmanship-now they don't teach either.