Banks are kinda cool, you put some money in there. It should be kinda vaguely sexy, but it's not.

I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk.

If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.

I think more people need to make out.

I think people listen to whatever they think is good.

Sometimes you actually get caught in the web of things where people are talking about... what kind of breakfast cereal you like.

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife.

I write about my life and the lives of people around me and situations, and the idea's for each record to try to make you a better person, to understand the life that you lead more.

I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.

I think music is a selfish masturbatory event - for the listener, the maker, the candlestick...maker.

I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it.

Praying the sinners prayer does not heal you. It saves you

The trouble with a liar is he can't remember what he said.

I think there's something special and timeless about girls getting ready together.

You can get over a broken past if you decide to believe that there's nothing in your past that can keep you from having a great future.

I so hate it when I'm quoted to thwart the juices and desires of the great interior design public at large - Daily Express

We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast, When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes, And a man with his back to the East.

Thus the radii of all education run together into one center which is called personality.

You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared.

Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and entertainment that's available.

The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn-the less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything.