I don't think the emotional quality is the defining quality of the music but it's definitely something that people have picked up on a lot

The Flaming Lips have been on Warner Bros. forever, and certainly everything I heard growing up was on a major label in some way, from the Cure to Radiohead to Bjork.

Being in a rock band, I feel a certain responsibility to have a weird haircut. I mean, who else gets to do that?

Music is made by individuals. Some artists will be very politically overt in their songs, some will be more subtle. You have to be true to yourself, true to your nature.

The idea of dancing to bad house music is something I could never get behind.

I think of hip hop as a mass media, radio, MTV thing. It’s been extremely relevant over the last 10 years and rock music is just not anymore—-a tear rolls down my cheek as I say that.

Whenever you do anything or say anything, you're opening yourself up to criticism. But that's okay.

What I miss [about church] is being forced to be in community with people that aren't the same as me.

A lot of artists write about the same things their whole career.

I think filmmakers all secretly wanna be musicians and all musicians secretly wanna be filmmakers.

The film Black Orpheus is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil.

I had been allowed to believe in man's innate goodness for the twenty-two years of my life, and I had hoped to carry the belief with me to my grave.

Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

For me no good food is illuminated without acidity.

If America can have a great relationship with Russia and with China and with all countries, I'm all for that. That would be a tremendous asset.

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.

Most writers want to share their essay or book much too quickly. Those who accept the pain of hard work and revising are those who get published.

Four hundred wickets is 400 more than I thought I'd get.

Herbes... comfort the wearied braine with fragrant smells which yielde a certaine kind of nourishment.