Quotes About Connection

We try not to look at everything through a competitive lens.

I get my competitiveness from my mom.

I love being a part of the family and all that. I can't complain about it.

I have no complaints except for the fact that I get very little time with my family. However, the happiness they feel every time they see me doing well compensates for everything.

I've known Mesut for a long time now. I love to play with him, and I think he loves to play with me. We complement each other quite well.

I'm a complete technophobe. I can't even email.

Singing live is my favorite. When people sing along to your songs, the circle is complete.

Love songs are the most complex to write because everyone knows about it.

As a kid, I didn't know much about Prince - who he was and all the complexities of his personality - but I could still feel very close to him when I listened to his music.

I love my family. We have a very rich, complicated relationship.

Being embraced by the British people is a beautiful compliment for me. It feels very special.

The only thing I like about doing autograph shows is that the people who used to be fans are so wonderful. They'll come over and give such wonderful compliments.

It's always the compliments from people you love that mean so much.

There's a great social component to being a writer, to being an artist.

Time is always a component of place; you can't really talk about where without talking about when.

What is music about? You can't listen to one era, one composer, and know what music is about.

I like composing music, but I love being with my family.

I would say I'm basically interested in human beings, and I don't really care whether they're men or women. I think my comprehension is about the same for both.

I first got interested in the brain through computers.

I've been in fandom for a really long time. Back in the day, you had to go to a con to engage in fandom, and that was really the only way.

You walk into a restaurant these days, and what you see is everyone with their phone next to them. That is terrible. Instead of concentrating on the relationship, on the needs and activities and interests of the other person, they are constantly looking at their phone.

It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?

But so far as countries are concerned, I don't go to a place to see what's there, but who is there.

I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people.