"Just a flash of a second of the age of the world to live this life we’ve been beckoned for our souls to unfurl. Paint on this canvas with all the colours that we know and then add some more from the magical unknown. Round and round, along the spiral, on this path supreme, spawn the sound of the cycle, called forth by our being. Oh, polish this gemstone from all sides thereof, until it shines oh so brightly in the light of love."

"Like a crushed piece of flesh on the boiling motorway: No beginning like the end, the great, grand end with your face in the sand."

"Sisyphus cracked the rock and built himself a big, big castle. Now he runs up and down the stairs, longing to be blessed with pain again"

"Raised and doped with illusion - Download god. I know I'm in trouble when I'm seeing double. Come on, make me scream!"

"It’s always just about the music. I’ve got to be true to who I am. Music is my religion. My way of communicating. When I write a song, I feel like the music is coming through me. It’s a beautiful experience to write a song that becomes something that has an influence on other peoples’ lives.""

"Having performed ... in front of audiences in twenty different countries, I’ve noticed how certain melodies have the ability to connect and uplift both the audience and the musicians. I’m privileged to present these timeless classics with a group of excellent artists who share my attitude of putting the creation of beautiful, entertaining music above all else.""

"I see you shiver in the wind. Catch your thoughts, seal my mind. Visionary - breaking down walls of ice and stone and time and thought."

"Music has always been an “exhilarating exploration of the world and my soul""

"Countries, borders and flags build walls between all of us. Music can break them down and unite us.""

"You become a slave to the song. It (recording and producing a song) becomes a spiritual experience.""

"You could thrill me. You could kiss me. You could kill me. You could miss me."

"You always have what it takes, otherwise, it wouldn’t have taken you!""

"Time rushes by. Some blur memories, then we fly."

"I love people and building bridges between them. There is nothing as fascinating as human nature, except the gloriously vague expression on the face of a cat.""

"There’s no such thing as fairness; There must be other plans for us. No existence of justice; Our laws just build walls between us. There’s no such thing as freedom from the results of our deeds. No easy way in or out of this life, no escape from our needs."

"When your eyes are shut, you start seeing in ways that we’ve always known! Living so many ways of shaping these days - and feel those rays warm the skin on our face."

"Holding on to the same old ground, when all inside is screaming ‘out’!"

"His thoughts are flowing like a straightened river into the ocean."

"I finally came to see that all I ever was and all I’ll ever be is always here."

"Limousines and pearls - she wants to rule the world. Assassins in the brain - the white light leaves no stain. Money in his hand - waiting for the man, who’ll steal his soul away. This is our last dance!"

"Tonight, I saw a star breaking through the clouds, oblivious to its light – just like you."

"I’m going down in the 7th round of this fight that I thought was just a joke."

"Smile at strangers on the London tube."

"Sunny’s with him on the run - his friend Sunny is a gun."

"A craving for the haven that is on no maps"

"Oh, the teachers told me he is real. Yeah, the preachers told me he is real. If you buy into, into their fear, oh, the devil is real in your mind."

"Oceans of time passing through space, beings and things – come and slip away. Like tears in a stream drift into the sea, no shape, no soul – faint memories of dreams."

"This time something’s wrong. This time I hear no song. This time, I feel this could be real, this could be love."

"Thinking of your smile makes me crawl for a mile through the rain, you know."

"Nothing we can't buy: rhino-horn with ham"

"Have you danced in the rain - seen all your money go down the drain? Picked yourself up with nothing to lose? Let someone else sing the blues! Ride this crazy life – day by day!"

"Give your heart to the devil - you get a cell phone for free, yah! Bigger, faster and louder - Pretend we cannot see"

"To be able to run you gotta learn how to walk with these demons inside."

"You walk with shoes on fire while you complain about the smoke."

"Every day that you’re gone, I think of you. The colours of your portrait never dry."

"When she walked through me, all I could do was watch and say "Hey, hey-hey, hey"."

"Have you laughed your laughs, my friend? Will you ever fall in love again?"

"Fake-flower-flattery, broken glass, ancient rituals - a farce. I close my eyes and gaze at the stars. Fatal scent engraved on the brain, crumpled words spring to life in the rain, shape a face or just a stain. You come, you go and all this time, I strive, I die, I fall in love. And all that is new, is just another you."

"Crawling on your knees through the desert sand. Your dress is torn and blood on your hand. The Southern Cross, a giant tower of light. Your silhouette, your laughter - then your bite! I feel real."

"Your flaming tongue strikes again like the insect's deadly flight into the light, bright, holy white. I crave your kissing bite. Oh, fool me."

"As the number plates drift by, my restless scanning eyes search for you."

"You’ve taught me to blend in, wearing your fake cobra skin; It fits so tight, I can’t breathe in, but you make me hang in. Oh, every time and time again, you aim to stop my fire with paraffin. And while I play the mandolin, you’re dancing with Rumpelstiltskin; Oh, I can hold my breath for longer than you think."

"Our mirrors are you and me and through them, we learn to see."

"All these days that I strive so hard to calm the waves of the oceans and seas with the palm of my hand. Every day like a lifetime – oh, save me a piece, a piece of the cake. Past, just like a haze – trying all so hard to cling to fake. And still, I haven’t worked it out that there’s nothing to work out. Still, I haven’t worked it out that there’s nothing, there’s nothing"

"Soon, the red of dawn will rise and you and I will close our eyes; Escape together from the light until we meet again tonight. I wanna see you in the night."

"The world's all gone to pieces - Hangin' upside down. You might as well deep-freeze us until the cure is found. And every time the sun - And every time the sun, that blazing, callous gun, will rise again."

"Fall into the sun. Oh, be one. Oh, be gone."

"Countries, borders, anthems and flags keep us apart those ancient gags. All their speeches, adverts and hymns to feed their greed and keep us dim. Call me insane, call me brave, but I won't slave for the pharaoh's grave. I’d rather dance my life away for this could be our final day."

"Please pray for my father so that he can secure a place in heaven. Please forgive my father if you hold a grudge against him. Perhaps my father could not give his best to you, but he gave his inexorable love. He tried his best. My last words to you, please pray for my father's departed soul."