A lot of getting a song done is booking the studio time. I'm the kind of person who will set time aside to do something and then do everything but that thing.

I guess some people like to just stick with their sound, like Weezer or something, but I think I just try to keep it as close to my real life, in a Neil Young sort of way, as possible.

I use a lot of humor in my writing. But it's completely black humor.

I've been known to just pass out instantaneously, like, anywhere.

People do get mad at me for falling asleep sometimes, and it's the most frustrating thing. I can't help it.

I've never gotten in too much trouble with alcohol. I've never had a drinking problem, really.

I've always been a deep sleeper; because I come from such a large family - there are 10 kids - I could sleep through anything.

I was used to hanging out late after playing a gig - you mix adrenaline with alcohol and you can stay up all night.

Don’t make loss in your life make you a loser.

One great pleasure of being a writer is possessing the power to determine the fate of my characters and how the story will end.

I always imagined that cats were the Paris Hiltons of the pet world: They didn't quite deserve all the attention but they got it anyway.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really trust my instincts. I like to talk and talk and talk until we have to do it. I feel the same about theater.

Maybe, in the back of my head, I'm thinking I have to do as much as I can. It'll stop.

You know, people are basically shitty

Man is more sensitive to the contempt that others feel towards him than to the contempt that he feels towards himself.

Coercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution.

Maybe when it comes to my music, or my performances, I'm a little more aggressive because I want everything to be perfect. But not in normal, day-to-day life.