As I got older, my voice got better.

If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens.

I returned to upstate NY where I just laid in bed for days with a fever that just wouldn't go away. After more of this, I grew increasingly sure that this was not simply the flu!

Traditionally, duos get accused of lots of things.

Success and failure are equally surprising.

Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke - even death.

I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.

To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth.

Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990.

The Daryls House thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.

I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.

I love the opportunity to tell the story about the characters through the music.

The only rule is that there are no rules.

When you feel homesick,’ he said, ‘just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go.

Now and then I'll get a student who asks a question that puts me up against the wall and maybe by the end of the semester I can begin to deal with the question.

Cognition requires going beyond the information given, to make bets and therefore to risk errors.

Who influenced you? When did they influence you? How have they influenced you? What have you done with their influence?

I feel very conscious of my influences. T.H. White is very important for me.

Fortuna likes to find a crowd and follow it.

A gardener's life is full of sweets and sours; He gets the sunshine when he needs the showers.

By the time a writer comes onto a project (if they're being hired as a contractor) the main character has usually been designed, as that's always done during a project's pitching stage.