Napoleon Bonaparte

The human race is governed by its imagination.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

A true man hates no one.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind.

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.