I think what I do is positive, in its own way.

My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs.

My father was a professor of civil engineering at MIT, and my mother taught high school English.

Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic.

Death is a very important part of life.

My mind's a machine gun, my body's the bullets and the audience is the target.

My body is the rock and roll temple and my flesh, blood and body fluids are a communion to the people whether they like it or not

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

It's not so much wanting to die, but controlling that moment, choosing your own way.

There's such a fierce intense fire burning inside of me, so much that it just wants to explode.

Everybody picks up on the sensational things, but no one really gets it.

Anything is possible if you just believe. But if you want to start believing, start with yourself.

He who would rule must hear and be deaf see and be blind.

Each person has the right to live his life in any way he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others.

The movie is a metaphor for the power of delusional hype--a metaphor for itself.

We do a lot of looking: we look through lenses, telescopes, television tubes... Our looking is perfected every day, but we see less and less.

I meditate not to escape the world but instead to be completely present.

A babe in a house is a well-spring of pleasure.

Yes, making mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep

I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.

In Vineyard Haven, on Martha's Vineyard, mostly I love the soft collision here of harbor and shore, the subtly haunting briny quality that all small towns have when they are situated on the sea