I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I'm doing.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.

Everything you do is music, and everywhere is the best seat.

The act of listening is in fact an act of composing.

The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win.

It is not irritating to be where one is. It is only irritating to think one would like to be somewhere else.

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.

I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.

Good music can act as a guide to good living.

Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.

As an evil cultist, I make an excellent evil cultist. Only I'm stupid, and not evil. And I worship nothing, really.

To do nothing for the gomers was to do something, and the more conscientiously I did nothing the better they got.

I'm happy with embellishment in a chunky Prada-esque way, but I'm not into sequins!

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

Electricity generation emits more carbon dioxide in the United States than does transportation or industry, and nuclear power is the largest source of carbon-free electricity in the country.

And what is faith, love, virtue unassayed Alone, without exterior help sustained?

Say 'no' more than 'yes,' and just make sure you surround yourself with good people.

I learned how to sit on the couch in front of the fire and read a magazine, just for like eight hours a day, every day. It was... crazy.

You can't make someone feel good about themselves until you feel good about yourself.

When you are plugged into you, anything is possible.