“Metaphor is awkward, but emotion, by its nature, leaves you no more scalable approach.”

“I mistook you for a metaphor.”

“I heard you, sought you, and have found you. I have reached for you, across space and sense and the laws of nature. I do not know how.”

“There are melodies that speak as eloquently as words, that flow logically and inevitably from a single, pure emotion.”

“I was inclined to leave love unspoken.”

“I barely noticed loneliness anymore; it was my normal condition, by necessity if not by nature.”

“That’s the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark, but play boldly and no one will question you. If one believes there is truth in art – and I do – then it’s troubling how similar the skill of performing is to lying. Maybe lying is itself a kind of art. I think about that more than I should.”