I like to explore a lot of textural, arrangement aspects in the studio.

It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.

Zen Buddhism is a discipline where belief isn't necessary.

Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

The public so often want to freeze the artist in a moment in time when they were at their peak, and they want the artist to revisit it over and over again as if it was something authentic.

I don't listen to a lot of music any more and even the people I've loved for years - the Nick Drakes of this world - I can't go back to them and listen to them over and over.

Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.

I'm obsessed with books.

I knew that I had to find my own voice, both figuratively and literally.

During the lifetime of Japan I became very neurotic, very paranoid.

The story goes as the line follow... alone... loony.......That's what's happening... now you are in a place where you can find nobody.

People should allow themselves the opportunity to really know what the unity of God means. To grasp a part of the nondivisible union is to grasp the whole.

Understand from top to bottom what the effort requires.

A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed.

When you get to your third millionth frequent flyer mile, I think something snaps in your brain.

Theology is the post hoc rationalization of what you want to believe.

Everything is your fault. You made me fall in love with you, and now I'm so upset I can't think or sleep or eat.

The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.

A person could see a lot without ever leaving his own living room. Especially if he had the right tools.

I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.