I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it.

I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk.

If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.

I think more people need to make out.

I think people listen to whatever they think is good.

Sometimes you actually get caught in the web of things where people are talking about... what kind of breakfast cereal you like.

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife.

I write about my life and the lives of people around me and situations, and the idea's for each record to try to make you a better person, to understand the life that you lead more.

I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.

I think music is a selfish masturbatory event - for the listener, the maker, the candlestick...maker.

I think everyone is trying to figure out who they are and their own thing.

... there was no need for him to hasten towards the attainment of a happiness already captured and held in a safe place, which would not escape his grasp again.

A boy who is trouble is something entirely different as a man.

In a place where there are no humans, one must strive to be human.

Only when we have done all we knew to do can we wait by faith for God to do what only He can do.

Razib Khan Hired And Fired By The New York Times, Both On The Same Day!

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

I just pray. And I'm not very religious at all - I was raised Catholic, but probably haven't gone to church since my Holy Communion, when I was about 6 or 7.

I hardly exaggerate. Jewish life consists of two elements: Extracting money and protesting.

Defeat is always momentary.

If you don't have an ethic of conservation, you basically have a license to drive a Hummer through the Amazon.