I was raised up believing I was somehow unique.

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.

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 far as the music being inspired by Seattle, I think it's in some of the songs. Seattle is a really beautiful place in the right light, it's perched on a pretty unique geographic setting.

Not doing harder than doing.

Hang on to hope.

Only mothers will ever know the true struggle and sacrifice it takes to create life. Authors come in at a close second.

A woman's mind is as complex as the contents of her handbag; even when you get to the bottom of it, there is ALWAYS something at the bottom to surprise you!

I believe we must be strong militarily, but beyond a certain point military strength can become a national weakness.

Painful emotions show you what prevents you from creating harmony, cooperation, sharing and reverence for life.

I think I was born at a time when an American male had so many advantages and opportunities that weren't available to men before or after, just a very brief period.

The brave man uses wrath for his own act, above all in attack, 'for it is peculiar to wrath to pounce upon evil. Thus fortitude and wrath work directly upon each other.

Scientists and creationists are always at odds, of course.

Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment.