“People like to define you through what they’ve seen you do”

“In the years that some of my colleagues have served — 20, 30 years — they’ve never seen it like this.”

“Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don’t give a damn.”

“It's not to pretend you can do everything, but if people like you – in the sense of admiring or having respect for what you are trying to do – then they will understand the odd blemish. If people don't like you, and lack confidence in what you are trying to do, they won't forgive you anything.”

“For you, my darlings, freedom to do what you like is the discovery of how unlikable what you like to do makes you. Not that that stops you doing what you like, since you like doing what you like more than you like liking what you do…
[Lucifer]”

“When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself”

“When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.”

“A lot of people like to do certain things, but they're not
that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like
to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be
extremely good at. It can be anything.”

“Maybe I don't want to be defined by what I do. Maybe I'd like to be defined by what I am.”

“The Ultimate Rule ought to be: 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchin'; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty. The more your musical experience, the easier it is to define for yourself what you like and what you don't like.”