I think that I probably inevitably fetishize nature, although I try not to, because it's kind of embarrassing, repulsive behavior. I think it's just an extension of me being old-fashioned.

All things in the world are singing a song, reciting a poem, inaudibly, to their surroundings, to the things they encounter.

When someone close to you dies, the line is shifted really drastically about what is meaningful and what isn't.

It's interesting to think about the different forms one place can take.

Whenever I get a tweet that's trying to promote a thing someone cares about, I'm like, "how annoying!"

I've been thinking a lot about Anacortes and what it's like to be here, though I'm not trying to get people to move here - I would hate that.

For some reason focusing on destruction and mortality is more poetically exciting to me than hope and love.

I like the idea of politically charged music a lot, but it usually seems to be preaching to the choir and ineffective.

If my music is political in a way, and it might be, it's in the way of generating a sensitivity in people, a deeper awareness of the world around them. That's my goal, at least.

I learned how to sit on the couch in front of the fire and read a magazine, just for like eight hours a day, every day. It was... crazy.

Twitter is so stupid. I mean, it sucks! It's not a good way to communicate and it's really difficult to use it for any functional thing.

Helping others in need is not only a responsibility of life it is what gives meaning to life.

The most disgusting human trait is bias, because it typically leads to propaganda, hate and violence.

There is no logical staircase running from the physics of 10-28 cm. to the physics of 1028 light-years.

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.

What I've said to [my team] is, "Look, we ran our leg of the race and we did a darn good job."

Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.

O reputation! dearer far than life.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man

Make no mistake: Obamacare is a pro-death health program.

Hell, I ain't paid to make good lines sound good. I'm paid to make bad lines sound good.