I think that growing up very poor in a very wealthy town gave me a sense of being an outsider, and I hated it when I was growing up.

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.

Books may be irrelevant until it's relevance, importance and purpose is discovered through reading

They blossomed, they did not talk about blossoming.

I haven't heard of anybody who wants to stop living on account of the cost.

Nothing in business is so valuable as time.

If the church is to be missionary, she must be spiritual; and if the church is to be spiritual, she must be missionary.

I want to write a novel so profound that it would suffocate a fly.

Audrey Hepburn, as famous as she was, packed her own suitcases... I don’t know why that struck me, but it did. 'She has a servant’s heart,' I thought.

Always suspect any job men willingly vacate for women.

[The oyster] accepts algae and detritus in one end - and through this beautiful, glamorous set of stomach organs, out the other end comes cleaner water.

The Natural Step is a clear voice in the commotion.