Thomas Paine

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

When I was 22, I had this horrible psoriasis outbreak. It was all over my legs, I couldn't walk because my legs were cracked and bleeding. Weird things like that can happen to your body.

Contagion has become very much a phenomenon, and it's a phenomenon of globalization.