I just did whatever it took to keep making music - slept on couches. You would be amazed at how far $20 can go if you stretch it out.

I never really know what I'm playing. I just follow what sounds good in my head and keep going.

I realized the more I made the music for myself, the more successful I was becoming.

I think people want to put you in a box and close it away so that it makes them feel better. A lot of musicians get that.

I gave up that idea of trying to make music that I thought other people would want. I just made music for myself and music for people that I knew.

I stayed involved with music my whole life. I was always playing with other people.

I write everything. I have that control issue with my music. That's why I'm not in a band.

I'm learning as I go. The music has drawn me out of my shell. It's made me open my door a little more and be able to look at people in the eye.

Someone asked me if I was a method actor - I loved that! I needed to know what it felt like to lose everything just to do the Bad Day video! I could really feel the angst!

I just did whatever it took to keep making music - I slept on couches. You would be amazed at how far $20 can go if you stretch it out.

I was doing stuff that for me was sort of more about playing real music.

If she opened the closet with her skeletons, they might drag her in with them.

She seemed to be lovely still to herself, as if no amount of looking into mirrors could ruin her illusion.

I still say, 'Shoot for the moon; you might get there.'

I'm wondering if there's a spell to make lightning flash in the background whenever I make an ominous resolution.

There is no letter of the law to follow in Zen. There is a lot of etiquette, but there are no rules.

Manipulating currencies is when you're going into the marketplace and buying something in large amounts to depress the value of the currency.

If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.

The Dalai Lama says don't pray for peace, don't wait for peace, don't talk about peace - do it right now.

A place where your life exists before you live it, and where it goes afterwards.

It is ourselves we have to fear. Prejudice is the real robber, and vice the real murderer.