I like the idea of a record being more than one thing emotionally - human beings go through so many emotions in one day, and I like those things sitting next to each other.

I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don't want to get trapped in that.

Nobody is strong 100 percent of the time, or falling apart 100 percent of the time; sometimes you're doing both at once.

Life's too short to be shoehorned into a box that isn't for you.

I'm abstaining from romance and the discussion of romance.

I try not to say exactly what songs are about sometimes, because I feel like it ruins it for people.

I learned drumming as a second instrument because I didn't want to sing. Sometimes I would quite like to be left in the back, in the darkness by myself.

Nothing gets my hackles up like being told I can't do something.

I think a lot of things that people think are complimentary are a little bit condescending, but then we just have to keep doing what we're doing, and being in the band is the important bit.

A good song to one person could just be something mediocre to somebody else. It's always strange thinking about how songs connect with people.

Internet has been really amazing, and I think it's a place of great passion, creativity, and knowledge.

The purpose of setting communication principles is to build an effective digital workplace where collaboration and sharing are the norms.

A fine picture is but the image of nature; a finished ballet is nature herself.

Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful.

You reach into cyberspace and you grab some cyber stuff, build it up, and the computer will give you a 360 of it.

Language is the instrument in all cases and can language be trusted?If it were not for language, could we lie?

I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.

Mortification of the flesh has been held all the world over as a condition of spiritual progress.

My favourite thing in the world, apart from my wife and kids, is writing songs. Ever since I was a kid.

A mind content both crown and kingdom is.

Perfection is a moving target