“Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.”

There is a very vibrant cultural scene in Stockholm. There are lots of places where there are concerts, and there are loads of museums and theaters.

And also a lot of Muslims are no more religious then the average Swede. For them it’s natural that human rights come first.

To doubt is to have faith in the worst possible outcome.

The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them.

You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes.

I just assumed we were being sent up. But now I see they were paying tribute to us

The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they’re available all the time for everyone that wants them in person.

Being with him was like being alone underwater – everything was slow; nothing counted; I could not be harmed; I would feel dry and cold when I resurfaced.

I think the best advice came from Drew Barrymore, about always finding love in everything you do and keeping a positive attitude and being thankful.

Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art – the art of words.

My dad used to say, ‘Just be yourself and you’ll be fine,’ but it’s really, really true.

I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other.

That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.

There is something very sublime, though very fanciful, in Plato’s description of the Supreme Being,–that truth is His body and light His shadow.

I hope to keep bringing home bound paper books until my shelves snap from their weight, until there is no room in my apartment for a bed or a couch or another human being, until the floorboards collapse and my eyes blur to dim. But the book, bless it, is not a simple thing.