Being a mathematical genius doesn't do you any favors as far as having something to say in music. You see every style as equal, and you want complicated music to devour.

It will lead many musicians out of the cul-de-sac they currently face. And those that do not understand will be cursed to make disposable music on laptops forever.

You never have to choose between being the pure artist or the craven, sellout entertainer. You can be both.

A lot of comedians today have misunderstood the concept of a subversive comedian. If you really want to be subversive, you have to please and offend in equal amounts.

Europeans invented art for the last 300 years, and the Americans kind of killed it with a big, huge rock.

God is the creator, so for that human creativity is a work of Divine.

Pacifism is a virtue indisguishable from cowardice.

Much of the philosophy of religious education has been based upon a false premise, and perhaps many have missed the essence of Christian experience, having had religious training take its place.

My benefactor used to say the seeds are the 'sober head' -- the only part that could fortify the heart of man.

Do you normally turn up in gentlemen's bedrooms in the middle of the night? If I'd known that, I would have campaigned harder to make sure Charlotte let you stay.

The artist must know how far to go too far.

The real color of my hair is mouse. I always want to be ginger, which I was when I was born, or blond, because I live in L.A., and I want to look like I go surfing without any physical effort.

Christ didn't die just so you could make to heaven; He lives so you can make it through earth!

Equals, the proverb goes, delight in equals.

We are going to put an end to the notion that the American taxpayer exists to fund the Federal Government.