I do need to loosen up a bit, and that usually does come with old age. That's the intention.

As I get older, I realize a lot of the things I could have done - things that I didn't think were so great at the time - actually would have been enjoyable.

Skepticism is only a time-based reality, and as an ultimate reality, it's always wrong, because everything always happens.

Musically, I just think in terms of what's next. There's a lot of things I've always dreamed of doing, and I hope I get to them before I get too deaf.

You wind up listening to one song that you really like 30 times on YouTube and then you're done with it. That's the way it is.

Most people just give up with time and go, "I'm a victim." The only reason I've got the reputation for delays and spending a long time on things is because I just don't stop.

I buy magazines. I'm not floating around in my own universe. I'm interested in everything.

I don't feel bound by the ebbs and flows of musical trends, or what's happening with new music in general.

We've had incredibly huge obstacles in our way - no tapes, no royalties, no cooperation on any level - and we sort it out.

I wasn't making music for the sake of music but rather making music in the context of other music. At the same time, it doesn't mean I'm not going to try and do that some day.

Even I just listen to some bands on YouTube. I'll think, "Oh, I quite like that, I should buy it someday," but I don't get around to buying half the stuff I liked.

Stop rushing. Slow down and enjoy the beauty of life.

Look, kid, ” he said, “you don’t spend a lifetime in comedy without learning a thing or two about evil.

The reality is, there's still so much we haven't yet figured out. There's still so much stuff that has not been made more, frankly, efficient.

Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.

Truly living required risk.

I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked awful, but I always look awful in the mirror. I keep myself going with the firm belief that my real face is much better looking.

After all this, I won't start to hate you.

To learn to die is an heroic work.

True Budo is to accept the spirit of the universe, keep the peace of the world, correctly produce, protect and cultivate all beings in nature.

The universe is pregnant with signs that recall the presence of the Creator.