I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me.

When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden.

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

I lead two totally separate lives. There are times when I have to slip into rock star mode.

I will be the focal point for however long I decide to play. Half of me likes that idea and half of me doesn't, but once the adrenaline kicks in, I'll probably really enjoy it.

Anything that I write comes from the soul.

I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo.

I'm not advocating violence but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell.

It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.

When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.

Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs; taking them in different directions.

Fear does not incline people to be moderate in their use of extreme tactics.

Since liberals never print retractions, they can say anything. What they said in the past is always deemed inadmissible and unfair to quote.

I've felt that in the past, where I just felt like I had to keep drawing in the same way to maintain this sameness and rhythm throughout an entire book, and it was not really necessary.

Whence we see spiders, flies, or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb.

It is good to have respect for all beings because who knows what anyone can do?

Forgive me... for my love -for ruining you with my love.

Under every guilty secret there is hidden a brood of guilty wishes, whose unwholesome infecting life is cherished by the darkness.

No frozen-hearted woman ever I laid eyes on but has made duty her religion.

My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard

When philosophers try to understand consciousness, much of what they claim is not conceptual analysis at all, though it may be shopped under that description.