I know so few people who actually give music their undivided attention, so I've been trying to just park myself on the couch between the speakers and listen.

Composing demands a degree of isolation.

I was in the Chilli Peppers at the time and I asked myself, would I be able to wear a sock on my genitals at the age of forty and they proved me wrong because I guess they're still doing it.

I got fed up with being in bands. I spent a couple of years touring the country in a smoked filled band, doing lots of drugs and being really unhealthy.

It's very important that you never depend on money to fulfill your creative vision. If you do that, you're doomed to fail.

I work at home but average 15,000 to 18,000 miles per year on my Honda.

Pop music is a fashion, and fashions come and go. The public retires you as their tastes change.

The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn.

I'm kind of conservative. I like to build on what I've done in the past and try something new.

I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic scores. I think most of the work that comes my way is because people feel they know me musically.

If I had kids, I don't think I would recommend they pursue a career in music.

Sin, like a deadly cancer, has invaded every area of our lives: our bodies, our minds, our emotions, our wills—everything.

When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.

I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing

You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place.

You cannot prevent and prepare for war at the same time.

Dissertations are not finished; they are abandoned.

You will never outperform your inner circle.

I mean, the competition is really created by the buzz around the Emmys. It's a totally subjective thing.

And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.

Most, if not all, problems brought to therapists are issues of love. It makes sense that the cure is also love.