I've never gotten in too much trouble with alcohol. I've never had a drinking problem, really.

I guess some people like to just stick with their sound, like Weezer or something, but I think I just try to keep it as close to my real life, in a Neil Young sort of way, as possible.

I use a lot of humor in my writing. But it's completely black humor.

I've been known to just pass out instantaneously, like, anywhere.

People do get mad at me for falling asleep sometimes, and it's the most frustrating thing. I can't help it.

A lot of getting a song done is booking the studio time. I'm the kind of person who will set time aside to do something and then do everything but that thing.

I've always been a deep sleeper; because I come from such a large family - there are 10 kids - I could sleep through anything.

I was used to hanging out late after playing a gig - you mix adrenaline with alcohol and you can stay up all night.

Trial. (Fail.) (Succeed.) Repeat.

People will have their excitements, and a good rousing persecution used to stir things like the burning of Chicago or a Presidential election in our day.

The only thing that holds a marriage together is the husband being big enough to step back and see where the wife was wrong.

The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is a curious anticlimax.

Width of life is more important than length of life.

People can have all the expectations that they want, but I know that you never know what's going to happen in life. Everything is part of the journey.

The thing about sports movies is, they can't help but feel epic - putting music to images, etc.

You know what the difference between a cardiac surgeon and God is? God doesn't think he's a cardiac surgeon.

Come at me scrublord I'm ripped!

The best religion the world has ever known is the religion of the Bible. It builds up all that is good.