I was a history major in school. I review the past a lot and think about music history and how culture unfolds.

There's no school you can go to where you can study how to run a record label. Every day was a learning experience.

People are hard-wired for tribal identity.

I think in times of crisis it's the artists' responsibility to dig a little deeper.

I love the dynamic contrast between the spontaneous shots and the more formal, pro-rock-star photos.

Music careerists from Seattle would typically move to the closest media center, which was L.A.

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

Kindness may be the most difficult of virtues, but when I have encountered it, it has meant everything to me.

Every human in this world is greedy.

All good moral philosophy is ... but the handmaid to religion.

All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to all.

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.

I signed my deal when I was 11, and the success I had, no one could explain that to an adult, what's about to happen to them, much less a kid. There's not many people around who've experienced that.

Why don’t you come up and have a little ... scotch and sofa?

Neuter discourse is a false idol.

In the end [of the "2012"], there were no ships, no water, no nothing. Only the interiors [were real]. Everything else had to be made, and that is always challenging.