“I’ve always been a fan of the melancholy, like Morrissey. I grew up playing classical nocturnes like Chopin and Debussy on piano, so I write really melancholy lyrics and melodies”
“Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.”
“Yeah. I like Chopin. I feel like Chopin is ‘emo.’ Do you like Chopin?”
“A park like this resembles a large, silent, isolated room. In fact it's always Sunday in a park, by the way, for it's always a bit melancholy, and the melancholy stirs up vivid memories of home, and Sunday is something that only ever existed at home, where you were a child.”
“There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy.”
“In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.”