I've been listening to a lot of John Coltrane. I don't know if that would or wouldn't surprise anybody. I go through different phases - sometimes I want to listen to music that's just pummeling.

I don't really hang out with anyone. I'll hang out with my band ... but I don't have any friends aside from that.

I was raised up believing I was somehow unique.

The notes sound like they're coming from inside your mind... It was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had.

I'm looking forward to doing things more intuitively in the future, just going with whatever happens and not immediately categorizing it as potentially good or bad or original or whatever.

The lyrics to me are a result of the emotional and creative climate present while making the record as well as personally going through a sort of mid-twenties stock-taking.

I think that's becoming more and more of a priority, letting other aspects of life take precedent over making music, or just approaching the whole thing more holistically.

Every time you pick up an instrument, it's not always out of necessity - for a certain kind of person, it's a choice.

You want to think about certain styles of music as being reflective of a certain culture or a certain time or a point of view. You don't want it to be just an intellectual exercise.

I don't know that we're really going to need a label for the things we're thinking about doing next.

Sometimes I do get writer's block but it's more of a writer's doubt - I'll try and write but nothing goes anywhere because I start thinking everything sucks.

As if it were possible for one person to care about another and still treat him or her like this.

Power hungry=life loving

If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.

Weakness is what keeps driving us to God, by the overwhelming conviction that there just isn't anywhere else to go.

I love the characters I've had the opportunity to play.

Nothing is difficult; it is only we who are indolent.

God gives all God asks all

Of all political sacred-cows, education is the most sacred and the most cow-like.

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

I'd prefer it if the coach said certain things to me face to face.