I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before.
I just try and keep everything simple.
Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.
By not having to live up to people's expectations, I was somehow free.
The thing about simplicity is it's not easy to achieve. To many, simplicity can mean repetitiveness and maybe even a lack of intelligence, those kind of things, but simple yet unique is the key.
There's a freedom to being young that is harder to come by as time goes on.
I'd like to live permanently in October 1988, when I started college. I had no responsibility and the energy to do whatever I wanted. My optimism wasn't dented by experience or low self-esteem.
One of the beauties about going solo was being able to start from scratch and say, 'What do I really want? What kind of band do I really want? What kind of live show do I really want to stage?' Without any of the baggage of being something with history.
Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
People forgot about us, which was what we wanted. We could be left alone without any pressure to make music.
Flash is about freedom; Flash is about expression. Flash is about just the joy of exuberant running and of freedom, and the moment you weight him down with too much Batman-like baggage... that's not the Flash anymore.
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.
I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.
When you're travelling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.
I think men and women will both agree that one of the perks of being single on Valentine's Day is that you get to keep your money in your pocket.
Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.
Simplicity is the key.
When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen.
I myself have been on my own and utterly independent since I graduated. I haven't belonged to any company or any system. It isn't easy to live like this in Japan.
I'm most comfortable in my birthday suit.
Everyone knew I was anti-marriage. I'd spent my life saying it was something I neither wanted nor needed.
I'd be happy to stay single now because I've always been in relationships. For the first time ever I can do what I want, when I want, with who I want, without answering to anyone.
But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.
I'm always just gonna do whatever I want. I don't feel any pressure to appeal to anyone in particular.
Simplicity!
