If somebody wanted to go and find songs of mine to fill an iPod, that aren't on any records. They could probably find dozens of songs besides the ones that are on records.

Every morning I wake up with a purpose and a smirk

You're using your headphones to drown out your mind

I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen to, but I don't care so much that I won't do whatever the hell I want. It's just one of those things.

I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved

The piano is not firewood -- yet.

So break me to small parts, let go in small doses, but spare some for spare parts.

I've got a perfect body, 'cause my eyelashes catch my sweat

Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light.

I'm much more drawn to fiction, to short stories, and to plays, than I am to diarists.

I don't really make records chronologically.

Any ham-handed idiot can make a woman scream. I prefer to assess…responsiveness.

One father is more than 100 schoolmasters.

I think that people had this idea that I sat at home and sucked on lollipops and ate cotton candy while I watched cartoons - wearing a tiara.

Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes

Read two old books for every new one.

My arias make me take off as if I were on a trampoline.

Look, I'm not trying to be critical when I'm on the air.

My baby is weird man... when he get mad, he gets in the oven.

There is no screenplay-writing recipe that guarantees your cake will rise.

The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive