I'm gonna have to start walking down the street and start hitting people in the head!

The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who are actors and every day they look in the mirror with trepidation.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.

Basically, when it comes to women, both aging and eating are somehow shameful.

Maturity is the moment one regains one's innocence.

I've learned, that not all worth is measured by price. I've found so many gems that didn't cost me much!

It's very difficult to take candid portraits of children because they're moving around all the time.

Such is the never-failing beauty and accuracy of language, the most perfect art in the world; the chisel of a thousand years retouches it.

The "we" voice is rare, and the communal impulse of the "we" is interesting to me.

Beyond being Jewish, I've always found myself to be very much in tune with spirituality.

Texas can make it without the United States, but the United States cannot make it without Texas

Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to.