The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition， when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security， is so powerful a principle that it is alone， and without any assistance， not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.

我写歌不是为了拿奖，而是因为喜欢。

每个人都必须有一个改变他们的想法，或一本书，或一个词，或一个时刻；如果没有，他们的生命就被浪费了。

我不喜欢普通，我喜欢成为标志性人物。

Innovation is not about being different, it's about being better.

成为作家就是成为生活的间谍。