"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."
"As I grew older, I understood that instructions came with this voice. What were these instructions? The instructions were never to lament casually. And if one is to express the great inevitable defeat that awaits us all, it must be done within the strict confines of dignity and beauty."
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Source: How I Got My Song Address at the Prince Asturias Awards, delivered 21 October 2011
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