Even big-bird gets sad sometimes

If you're conscious you must be depressed, or at least cynical.

I don't feel too comfortable talking about politics and media as I feel like I don't sound too smart.

I have a bad habit of picking up books about drugs, but that's better than having a drug habit, I think.

I think that love is just as important and prevalent and real as it ever was.

We like being ridiculous and I think that's lost on a lot of people, or they think we're coming from this super serious angle, and that's too bad, really.

Usually when I write lyrics I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of other stuff. Some of my favourite lyricists are like Lou Reed, kind of the classics - Bob Dylan and stuff like that.

I think things like YouTube and Twitter are really cool and really good in some ways, but the fact that the news is cutting to a YouTube clip on national TV, I think is really weird.

It's not like we wanted to get really political in terms of specific causes, but I think a lot of the lyrics deal with paranoia and feeling like "the man" is in control somehow.

FACT!: I wanna live in a castle.

Maybe we're just stupid and don't realize you can't make music that sounds like a chase scene from a 'Scooby Doo' cartoon and have people take you seriously.

Wars have a way reinventing people. And making too many things disappear.-Sonia

Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.

If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.

Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have.

Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

Who you are is strong enough to bare your pain

In a great play or a great film, there's a rehearsal period and they find this character. On TV, everything moves fast.

Had they [the Tories] been in the wilderness they would have complained of the Ten Commandments. Remark.

You're one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving it. It's a great gift.

Despite everything, I have few regrets. I have crammed a lot of living into my time.