I am proud, and more than a little excited, to be asked to work with Faber in an editorial capacity. It is my dearest hope that we will produce some fantastic books together.

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it.

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell, he's really nice, he's blossomed'.

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance.

There ain't no money in poetry, that's what keeps the poet free. I've had all the freedom I can stand.

Hindsight is a glorious thing. Too bad it never helps anyone.

The older I get, the less I know. It's wonderful--it makes the world so spacious.

People fear what they don't understand. They always have.

And by the way, I know my title said “10 Reasons” and I only listed “6”. I didn’t learn to count in college.

The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.

The baby sits in front of MTV watching violent fantasies, while Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport only to find his heroes all coked up.

Before, it came easy for me. I don't have two speeds anymore. I need to focus on the small things that I once took for granted.

When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside: "Am I dying or is this my birthday?"

In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state.