I love painters because I don't paint, so I get to enjoy art; I like collecting paintings.

I'm so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That's something that makes me smile.

Avoid people who tell you that something you want to do is not possible.

Remember that there's no one way of doing things. ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open.

If someone can write great music... Paul McCartney is a genius. He's so prolific. All we should do is bow down to Paul McCartney.

Portland is where young people go to retire.

I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is.

There are so many disagreements in the world, but I like the idea of people agreeing on something like art.

The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead.

Everyone goes through all kinds of relationship situations. I'm lucky that I get to be on two comedy shows [during divorce].

Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful.

Different authors have different points of view. You can't just say, 'I believe in the Bible.

Dont switch the blame to her, that's the oldest trick of all cowards

Sermons are like pie-crust, the shorter the better.

No amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat.

All these words are just a front. What I would really like to do is chain you to my body, then sing for days & days & days.

Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold.

We must do jobs we detest because we are part of an organized society, and if everyone did what they wanted to do, the world would come to a standstill.

loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shape of a helicopter the same size as the helicopter and that's it's only skill and it isn't good enough but it's still amazing.

I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.