It's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one.

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.

War...is ugly and brutalizing, and the nobility is in doing it without becoming ugly and brutalizing.

And how do you know that these fine begonias are not of equal importance?

The powers that be understand that sexual freedom or liberation with any kind of joy means they are losing control.

Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny.

Where there is not discernment, the behavior even of the purest soul may in effect amount to coarseness.

I want to show that I can pitch well and get along with the guys in the locker room.'

On being asked by Channel 4's Derek Thompson if he owned horses - No, son. I don't like anything that eats while I sleep.

One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change... is that I really need to go home and practice.

Fear of failure leads to failure.

I don't like getting patted down and taking off my shoes at the airport.