I think you go through different phases when you do albums, and I think that they change according to where you are in your life and what you're inspired by at the moment.

If you want to do a movie about aliens coming down to Earth nowadays, you need to do it with a smile.

I probably watch movies more than I actually listen to music, I think.

I don't really watch too many remakes. I saw Scorsese's version of Cape Fear, which was good. That was a good remake.

I like to think that the music is a mixture of personal experiences mixed with photography and movies.

Photography and movies are a much bigger influence on me than music is itself.

I like to get everything done during the early morning hours and the early part of the day.

I very rarely sit down with a guitar and try to write a song. I usually think about it a lot and then I'll try to re-create what was in my head at the time.

I don't work at night. I'm not very good about working at night. I get tired during the day and I usually like to save my nights to try things out recording.

It's not really a conscious decision to do a quiet album or a noisier album. It's just something that happens, I guess.

I guess my life was in a pretty disorderly fashion, so I think the music came out that way a little bit.

I want to say that at various points in your marriage, may it last forever, you will look at this person and feel only rage.

Truly worthy are those who become brighter as the days get cloudier so that their light shines through, regardless of how hard the clouds are working to block their radiance.

Madness, and then illumination.

I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.

Let's dare to enter into an intimate relationship with God without fear, trusting that we will receive love and always more love.

When people ask me now if I miss coaching UCLA basketball games, the national championships, the attention, the trophies, and everything that goes with them, I tell them this: I miss the practices.

Women's fight for equal rights is essentially a humanist and peaceful struggle for true democracy, and a higher form of civilization.

I had just received my degree in Calcium Anthropology... the study of milkmen.

We can't leave the internet to the bullies. You deserve to speak out and be heard just as much as the next man. Don't let bullies silence you. Support others, and make sure you look after yourself.

The most beautiful faces have some ugly in them.