Alles / Everything Beeinflussen / Influence Ebenfalls / Also Englisch / English Französisch / French Fühlte / Felt Gemischt / Mixed Hätten / Had Hauptsächlich / Mainly Immer / Always Kultur / Culture Mexikaner / Mexican Mir / Me Nigerianer / Nigerian Sehr / Very Thai Viel / Much
I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to be found in my books.
I was racing through life, utterly confused and angry. I don't know if I was out of control; it was more like I felt frustrated with myself and everything I saw happening around me.
Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice.
You don't try to get influenced by everything that's going on with all the other music around you. You don't listen to the radio - I mean, I don't. When I get ready to do an album, I don't listen to anybody else; I don't wanna be influenced.
I am generally a very happy and easygoing person. I also believe it's always better to meet people with a smile rather than looking cold, especially when you first meet. It changes everything.
Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy.
We must also be permitted to bear in mind that evolution, though it may explain everything else, cannot explain itself.
I wasn't privy to all of the intelligence that was coming in about Guatemala, but I did see the traffic that was coming in from Guatemala City, because it was very relevant to me, and of course I exchanged what I had with the chief of station in Guatemala City.
I like making pies. I have a bunch of fruit trees in my backyard. My loquat tree sprouted, and I like making loquat pie. They're really hard to peel and everything, and it took me forever, but they make the best pies. They're amazing.
