I got a pair of red, synthetic satin women's pants through the post the other day with a phone number on. That was quite strange. I haven't tried the phone number. In times of stress I may.

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it.

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell, he's really nice, he's blossomed'.

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance.

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.

Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold.

Determination can be a battle or a thrill. Choose to be thrilled.

The dream is to originate a role in a show on Broadway. That's the ultimate goal.

People cannot do what they cannot think, and they cannot think what they cannot say.

If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art... the minute painter would be more apt to succeed. But it is not the eye, it is the mind which the painter of genius desires to address.

The growth of love is not a straight line, but a series of hills and valleys.

Macauley Culkin was on the show a lot. Or Haley Joe Osment.

People acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading.

A teetotaller is one who suffers from thirst instead of enjoying it.