I always liked records that didn't explain themselves too well - ones that you had to listen a few times.

My dad is a very quick-witted, sarcastic, dry, humorous guy, whereas my mom's very silly, and that side of the family is very musical.

Most of my ideas just come out funny.

There is nothing funny about a well-adjusted, intelligent person making the right choices.

I'm a little bit of an amateur political junkie.

It's never fun to read death threats.

I sort of fell out of new music. I'm old, I like what I like, and that's that.

Nobody hates hipsters more than hipsters.

There's a lot of dopes in life, and in film school. The interesting people are usually easy to find.

Funny people don't really laugh very much.

Dads are awkward because they're older guys who aren't cool anymore and are figuring out who they are, and they often make bad choices in fashion and music.

Men trust God by risking rejection. Women trust God by waiting.

Capitalism needs war.

The way out of a dead end is to go back the way you came in…

If you compare yourself with others you may become vain or bitter for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity; and temperance is the regimen for all.

We go where our deepest desires take us.

I think that Lee should have been hanged. It was all the worse that he was a good man and a fine character and acted conscientiously... It's always the good men who do the most harm in the world.

You either have a great social life and shitty taste in music, or a fantastic taste in music with barely any social life.

I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art.

I try to find my way in the world you know, I try to be somebody instead of just, make money off of everybody.