I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself to the pain so to speak and kind of being able to vent it through my music.

You can't be afraid of people willing to hurt you, cause if you fear life, then you will never live

I'm strong on the outside, not all the way through. I've never been perfect, but neither have you.

When life leaves us blind, love keeps us kind.

Alone in a world, With millions of souls Walking in circles Trapped in their dreams unhealthy, unclean walking in circles, now do not disturb scream in silence everyone's sleeping

I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself.

You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.

I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.

Asking someone to describe what something sounds like is like telling a blind person to guess what I look like.

We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities.

You think I'm stupid. Stay out of my way. You think I'm stupid.

You let go of my hand to hold on to my heartDistance grasps us tightnow that we are apart

There are many examples of men in history who could give us a better mirror after which to pattern ourselves

I think the grotesque can inspire intimacy (it draws us in) as well as awe, like the cabinets of curiosities.

Birds never sing in caves.

We have heard much about the poetry of mathematics, but very little of it has yet been sung. The ancients had a juster notion of their poetic value than we.

The path up and down is one and the same.

Had double chins all the way down to his stomach.

Neurotics have plenty of non-neurotic friends, but not for long.

My Umi said shine your light on the world, shine your light for the world to see

Greedy bankers trashing the economy are to blame, not migrants.