I get more excited about like, "How nice is the piano?" or "How does the room sound?" I don't really see the gear so much anymore.

It's a very different feeling just sitting around the side, playing piano, and dancing around as opposed to standing in front and singing.

I don't feel [the] excitement you have when you first walk into a recording studio. It now feels like a tool.

When you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to let go at a certain point, and just trust it.

I just like dealing with scientists for awhile and then going over and dealing with musicians for awhile. They both have qualities that kind of counterbalance each other.

I don't consider myself a very religious person in any.

The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want.

I like having some things very clear while other things are obscured... so that it kind of keeps coming into and out of focus.

It's not like I'm narrating stories with music behind them. It's all kind of one thing. You hope you can provoke a specific emotional reaction, but in ways that aren't quite plain.

There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not insisted on making them so clear.

I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.

Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.

It’s funny, there are so many women who are former executives and have taken all that stress and anxiety and transferred it onto their kids.

I'm not like anyone. I'm me.

Christmas is a kindling of new fires.

I like to innovate. To me, if it's worth doing something, it's worth doing it well. Do something that's going to demand attention and notice.

The key to life is imagination.

..it's awful not to be loved. It's the worst thing in the world...It makes you mean, and violent, and cruel.

Nature does not turn out her work according to a single pattern; she prides herself upon her power of variation.