I hate living in a really small apartment, living in a shoebox, not being able to play the drums, not having space. It sucks.

I'm just being myself. I'm not a very complex guy; I'm not a very studious, crazy intellectual guy. I'm just a guy.

Patience is important, and also, if you don't want to do it, don't do it. But if you do, do. That's a general rule in how I live my life.

I thought I knew Elton John, but then it was like, "Woah, Elton's a pimp! He's really amazing." And since Billy and Elton are homies, I'm finally getting it - the two piano boys.

I was having a good time before, but you grow up after a couple years and realize, "I can't get drunk like this every night." Things change.

Perfectionist? Thats not something I am.

Once a song comes out, these songs aren't mine. They're everybody's. So there you go.

Regardless of how funny I want to be, I don't ever have a problem speaking from my heart or speaking honestly to people.

I take making music seriously, but you have to have a sense of humor about yourself. I invite people into my life. That's how I do it.

Journalists say my music is "blue wave," or "dreamy," or "jangly-slacker jewel," and none of it really makes sense to me.

I don't have that much experience in the studio, but I'm always really uncomfortable when I'm there. You're on the clock and it costs a lot of money.

Suicide isn't something people do to hurt other people. It's something people do to release themselves from pain.

The beauty of words that heals my soul.

For a moment, I felt like myself again. Not the new me, not the old me, just the real me.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

I have designed the most buildings of any living American architect.

More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.

That's something that Francis [Ford Coppola] would always say. I remember when I was doing Tetro, he said, "Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent."

The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.