I make the music that I make because that's what naturally comes to me.

My idea of a good hit is when the victim wakes up on the sidelines with train whistles blowing in his head... I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.

I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.

People quickly forget that people are people.

I like Ministry, but I'm probably never going to make a song that sounds like Ministry.

The fact that I fell into this seemed more like a stroke of good fortune than hard work. Not to say that I didn't work hard, but it wasn't like, "I'm going to be a musician."

I don't place too much importance on words. It's always the last thing I do because I'm definitely more interested in mood.

I was a very private person. All of a sudden, to see myself all over the internet and be like, "Oh god, do I want people to even hear this stuff?"

I still write poetry from time to time, but my whole life is so music-oriented at this point that it's hard for me to even think about having other hobbies.

It always felt like I had to be a realist.

I did a lot of writing when I was in college, and that's what I thought I wanted to do; saying that I wanted to be a writer seemed more reasonable than saying I wanted to be a musician.

The meaning of life? Is feel! Increase that sound! Tickle someone! Enjoy the warmth of the sun! Go aimlessly for 30 minutes! Only register in the heart!

Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life--and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.

There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.

I had bags of energy as a kid.

Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds.

Nonviolence to be a creed has to be all-pervasive.

ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPERIENCES IN LIFE IS ACHIEVING PERSONAL GOALS THAT OTHERS SAID WOULD BE, 'IMPOSSIBLE TO ATTAIN.' BE PROUD OF YOUR SUCCESS AND SHARE YOUR STORY WITH OTHERS.

Our days on earth are like a shadow, and the time of our affliction is the length of our days.

One day I woke up and discovered that I was in love with tripe.