If I had had success when I was early twenties I'm sure I would have lost my mind, I would've just partied like crazy and probably blown everything I had.

I made so many recordings with junky mics and crappy mixing consoles, you have to use what your tools are and in some ways that's been inspirational.

I think because I worked really hard before I had any kind of success it kept me grounded. You just don't know how long that success is gonna be there.

I sort of feel I'm only as good as the last record I made. I was on as soon as I finish it I immediately put it aside and move on to the next project.

The first Garbage record sounds bizarre, it's not a pristine sounding album. We ran everything through stomp boxes and through samplers and that definitely gave it a vibe.

I'm a gear head. I love gear. If I have the choice, of course I'd rather use a great microphone, a Neumann microphone and a vintage Neve board.

The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.

Above all I commend the study of Christ. Let Him be your library.

It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline.

There is something very powerful about German music. That's why I chose German music with a European meaning for the day of my election.

This modern mania for interfering in other's lives, usually under the guise of health and safety concerns, is highly irritating and counterproductive. Down with the nanny state.

Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries.

ObamaCare will ultimately destroy valuable jobs.

Suffering will come, trouble will come - that's part of life; a sign that you are alive. If you have no suffering and no trouble, the devil is taking it easy. You are in his hand.

Also ... the plan sounded exactly like the sneaky, twisted, ridiculously annoying and noble sort of thing Leo Valdez would do.

True love is doing what is good for a person. False love is doing only that which causes that person to love you more.