All the songs were written on guitar and then put into the computer, where I played around with different sounds I was hearing and what was available in the software.

I often don't go to sleep and work through the night. I can't seem to do my vocal takes if there's light outside. There's a gentleness to the night that leads me in my stride.

I've been into gear for a long time, but I never saw myself as a producer because I didn't have the patience to finish things in a professional way.

I casually listen to mixes, but I don't know all the names of the tunes and the producers and stuff. It's hard to keep up with.

I walked when I should have runI ran when I should have walkedAnd don't I know it, don't I know it

The global economy is a doomsday machine that must be stopped and reprogrammed.

I am not confused about what I want to do in my life. I simply love to try and experience new things. Why are you so jealous.

I do think that Japan will be one of the nations that have equality, and that, too, will serve as an example for other Asian nations.

Give us something else; give us something new; for Heaven's sake give us something bad, so long as we feel we are alive and active and not just passive admirers of tradition!

He's got a knock on his shin there, just above the knee.

We always want to do things the way we like, that's why we never change.

Women should not need a permission slip from government to take care of their own reproductive health.

I think; therefore I am.

The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have to tell people things they often do not like to hear.

There's no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.