I think early on I was really into ambient music and like American original Emo.

One of my favorite quotes ever was from Slash from Guns and Roses and he said 'to be truly iconic, you need to be able to recognized in a silhouette'

Life's too short to drink crappy coffee and cry over boys who don't care.

Never take a person away from the music they love.

I'm just tired; I just want the world to be quiet for a bit.

There's a lot that's happened in my life that maybe I didn't want to happen, but I suppose it's led me to exactly where I am now.

I'd kill myself without music. Immediately. Life is pointless without music for me.

People think that atheists have nothing to live for, but that's not true - it's that we have nothing to die for.

We like to juxtapose our music with a more dour aesthetic.

Everything that we've ever done has led up to this moment, so I presume there's a certain intricacy in that.

The idea of being part of this tapestry of humanity is a far more enlightening idea for me than believing you are going to this different place when you die. The magic of reality is far more potent.

80% of people work for money. The rest are called successful people.

Passion will fuel your determination to move mountains

For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I think that's just the price of being first sometimes.

I am convinced the Church is the greatest hope for humanity and for creating a new world where everyone is valued and embraced regardless of differences.

Karma simply means that whatever type of energy you project, or you allow to pass through your being, you will become for a period of time.

To iterate is human, to recurse divine.

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

Women's styles may change but their designs remain the same.

I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods.