I've always written stuff based on personal experience, but I've always disguised it by the use of characters.

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 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.

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.

The true mark of English conversation is not being able to tell when you've been insulted. I think the more sophisticated society becomes, the more it hides behind the masks it manufactures.

How could it ever be to our purpose to rob another living being of his or her purpose?

Well, aren't you just saying it's better to be neurotic, sensitive, and miserable than unimaginative, adjusted and content? Is it really better?

Love is the key to everything, because it is the force that keeps and maintains everything.

The economy in Gaza is declining because Gaza is controlled by a terror regime.

I grew up on antibiotics. Every ailment - sore throats, earaches, flus - warranted a trip to the doctor and in most cases some kind of prescription.

The big difference for me is that, as I get older, I find it's a lot easier to stay in shape than it is to get back in shape.

I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001.

I absorbed the lie that any smart woman would use birth control and be responsible for her body. Obviously that's not true.

Well, some people die and then they sell more records, go figure.