I hate not understanding the words, because it kind of squashes the song. It shrinks the visual landscape that you've made for the sounds. And, all of a sudden, the content eclipses things.

The things that keep me awake at night are things like textures and instrumentation and plotting out what things are going to do and what the sounds are that I'm trying to capture.

There's always room for improvement. I'm always focused on the results, and those are the precise things that I don't really experience as a part of the performance.

I dont think I threw myself into music because I had the best intentions; it was because I was really angry.

I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

I love everybody. You have to embrace all facets of humanity; love and accept everyone as being part of yourself.

I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show.

I'm not dissatisfied, just not satisfied in an ultimate sense.

I never see songs as permanent. I'm always in a state of revising everything.

My goal is to make something special and pure, and that keeps me going, keeps me busy on the path of sobriety.

I procrastinate, and I push writing to the last available moment, because I don't like to settle on anything. I guess you can call it indecision or you can call it holding out for inspiration.

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The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.

There is nothing uglier than a very beautiful face with an ugly heart.

Self-belief is not self-centred. We can only fight effectively for others if we already believe in ourselves.

The British may not know much about music, but they certainly loves the noise it makes.

In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.

Ratings for the XFL are so low that pretty soon they'll be able to address the viewers by name.

Hollywood has turned into an emotional Detroit.

Through learning we re-create ourselves. Through learning we become able to do something we were never able to do.

It's an interesting thing to be in your forties and evaluate success and take ownership of some disasters and some pain and try to forgive a little bit - yourself and others.