I used to have a lot of envy for those musicians who have been universally loved.

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.

The negativity fuel and the winner rules

The act of creation, the impetus to undertake it, is always some kind of feeble attempt to understand one’s own creation, the nature of creation itself.

For whence did Dante get the material for his hell, if not from this actual world of ours? And indeed he made a downright hell of it.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

What do you mean "gangsters"? It's business.

Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.

I think Bob Dylan's a good songwriter. I think he's the best songwriter in the world probably.

One of the best kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the freedom and environment in which to do so.

If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient

I still believe in public radio's potential. Because it's the one mass medium that's still crafted almost entirely by true believers.