I was talented but crazy, semi-autistic and eccentric.

I'm trying to make music a sensual expression, not an academic experiment.

It is good to be different, because difference is great; that's what this music is based on. But lose that energy between the audience and the players, and you have nothing.

A great leader cannot worry about being well liked.

A person who lives by the rules of the world cannot resist the devil, cannot fight him

It's not what you think about that matters in life, it's what you actually do about it.

Forget physics, forget organic chem, forget reading James Joyce's Ulysses - organizing your time is one of the biggest challenges you'll face in your academic career.

Whoever is my relative, I will not be nice to them.

If you build a 50-foot wall, you'll soon be confronted with a 51-foot ladder.

I love to write and do photography, as a cathartic experience.

I had to learn to dance for 'The Adjustment Bureau' and it was nearly impossible. I turned up with my knees knocking in my leotard and went home and cried my eyes out.

It’s good to have obstacles and difficulties, and to fail and have things not go the way you want. And then have to figure out how to keep moving forward.

At each stage...entirely new laws, concepts and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one.

I'm like an owl... I don't give a HOOT!