I was never encouraged to believe anything. I was brought up in a profoundly agnostic or pantheistic community.

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.

Men are pigs, darling. I really have every sympathy for women that they actually have to choose one of these arrogant, stupid morons to settle down with and marry.

Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades.

What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.

Any concerns that Romney will adopt McCain's milquetoast campaign model are quickly diminishing.

Stage actors look down on movie actors, movie actors look down on TV actors, and TV actors look down on... mass murderers.

I am about to stop being a get-along kind of guy and turn into somebody who makes a difference.

If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government.

Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic!

I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. . . . I will come within a pint of wine.

In designing a lifestyle brand, you have to know more than just designing clothes.