Moonwalk

We look high and low for God, but somehow He's not there. So we blame Him and tell ourselves that He must have forgotten us. Or else we decide that He left us long ago, if He was ever around." "How strange," the little fish said, "to miss what is everywhere." "Very strange," the old whale agreed. "Doesn't it remind you of fish who say they're thirsty?

I believe I'm one of the loneliest people in the world.

Often people just don't see what I see. They have too much doubt. You can't do your best when you're doubting yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, who will?

In the end, the most important thing is to be true to yourself and those you love and work hard. I mean, work like there's no tomorrow. Train. Strive. I mean, really train and cultivate your talent to the highest degree. Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive. Use the tools of your trade, if it's books or a floor to dance on or a body of water to swim in. Whatever it is, it's yours.

What happened to truth? Did it go out of style?

My attitude is if fashion says it's forbidden, I'm going to do it.

Just doing as well as you did last time is not good enough.

I'm a perfectionist; I'll work until I drop.

I prefer just being with people I like. That's my way of celebrating.

I believe we are powerful, but we don't use our minds to full capacity. Your mind is powerful enough to help you attain whatever you want.

Whenever I saw a sunset, I would quietly make my secret wish right before the sun tucked under the western horizon and disappeared. It would seem as if the sun had taken my wish with it. I'd make it right before the last speck of light vanished.

It always surprises me when people assume that something an artist has created is based on a true experience or reflects his or her own lifestyle. Often nothing could be farther from the truth. [...] An artist's imagination is his greatest tool. It can create a mood or feeling that people want to have, as well as transport you to a different place altogether.

In many ways an artist is his work. It's difficult to separate the two. I think I can be brutally objective about my work as I create it, and if something doesn't work, I can feel it, but when I turn in a finished album — or song — you can be sure that I've given it every ounce of energy and God-given talent that I have.

I remember going swimming as a child and making a wish before I jumped into the pool. [...] I'd stretch my arms out, as if I were sending my thoughts right into space. I'd make my wish, then I'd dive into the water. I'd say to myself, "This is my dream. This is my wish," every time before I'd dive into the water.

I was twenty-one years old, and I was so rich in some experiences while being poor in moments of true joy.

And a wish is more than a wish, it’s a goal. It’s something your conscious and subconscious can help make reality.

You can’t do your best when you’re doubting yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself, who will?

Success definitely brings on loneliness. It's true. People think you're lucky, that you have everything. They think you can go anywhere and do anything, but that's not the point. One hungers for the basic stuff.

I don’t mean to be judgmental—it’s not even a moral issue for me—but I’ve seen drugs destroy too many lives to think they’re anything to fool with.

The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work. You couldn’t teach a person what I’ve learned just standing and watching. Some musicians—Springsteen and U2, for example—may feel they got their education from the streets. I’m a performer at heart. I got mine from the stage.

When you know something’s wrong for you, you have to make difficult decisions and trust your instincts.

thinking too much about your look is one of the biggest mistakes you can make,

I’m a perfectionist; I’ll work until I drop.

I believe we are powerful, but we don’t use our minds to full capacity. Your mind is powerful enough to help you attain whatever you want.

A wish is more than a wish, it's a goal. It's something your conscious and subconscious can help make reality.

I knew it was wrong. If we hadn't stopped the process and examined what we were doing, the record would have been terrible. [...] It's like taking a great movie and ruining it in the ending. [...] Some things can't be rushed.

There's no point in trying to scare someone if there isn't something to bring the person back safe and sound from where you've taken them.

Trying to fire your dad is not easy.

You can't do your best when you're doubting yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, who will? Just doing as well as you did last time is not good enough. I think of it as the "Try to get what you can" mentality. It doesn't require you to stretch, to grow. I don't believe in that. I believe we are powerful, but we don't use our minds to full capacity. Your mind is powerful enough to help you attain whatever you want.