Honestly, the most vulnerable part of my life is probably just honest expression, as cliché as that might sound.

The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who are actors and every day they look in the mirror with trepidation.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.

Torture. He was torturing her. And she didn't want it to ever stop.

If the whole of mankind is to be united into one brotherhood, all obstacles must be removed so that men, all over the surface of the globe, should be as children playing in a garden.

Here is something we can all count on. Sooner or later our tribe always comes to ask us to agree to murder.

Everybody can doubt, and they are free to doubt, and I don't want to convince anyone.

It's only an interim trip. I love the music, but it's really giving me a way in which I can comfortably explore my art.

Not so easy, Mr Lennon. Even if you try.

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

When I ask people to give, I can't be on television if they don't; I can't help people, if I don't - I mean, it takes money.

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, "What are you going through?

I'll tell you a secret. Old storytellers never die. They disappear into their own story.