I think I learned years ago when I went to Hawaii that you don't bring puka shells back. You've got to be careful of your vacation purchases.

I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk.

If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.

I think more people need to make out.

I think people listen to whatever they think is good.

Sometimes you actually get caught in the web of things where people are talking about... what kind of breakfast cereal you like.

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife.

I write about my life and the lives of people around me and situations, and the idea's for each record to try to make you a better person, to understand the life that you lead more.

I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.

I think music is a selfish masturbatory event - for the listener, the maker, the candlestick...maker.

I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

The past is not complete until you are finished with it.

I believe the secret of the success of psychoanalysis resides in people's vanity.

The most intimate question we can ask, and the one that has the most spiritual power, is this: What or who am I?

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

Justice, though due to the accused, is due the accuser also. The concept of fairness cannot be strained till it is narrowed to a filament. We are to keep our balance true.

Observe this dew-drenched rose of Tyrian gardens A rose today. But you will ask in vain Tomorrow what it is; and yesterday It was the dust, the sunshine, and the rains.

It's surprising how many people get bogged down in analysing, planning, and organizing when what they really need to do is take action.

Some of my other stories are talked about as fantasy, some as horror, and some aren't talked about as genre at all. And the same story will be labeled differently depending on country.