It's not like I'm narrating stories with music behind them. It's all kind of one thing. You hope you can provoke a specific emotional reaction, but in ways that aren't quite plain.

It's a very different feeling just sitting around the side, playing piano, and dancing around as opposed to standing in front and singing.

I don't feel [the] excitement you have when you first walk into a recording studio. It now feels like a tool.

I get more excited about like, "How nice is the piano?" or "How does the room sound?" I don't really see the gear so much anymore.

When you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to let go at a certain point, and just trust it.

I just like dealing with scientists for awhile and then going over and dealing with musicians for awhile. They both have qualities that kind of counterbalance each other.

I don't consider myself a very religious person in any.

The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want.

I like having some things very clear while other things are obscured... so that it kind of keeps coming into and out of focus.

We hear of a silent generation more concerned with security than integrity with conforming than performing with imitating than creating.

Never take yourself too seriously.

You save your soul by saving someone else's body.

It is part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees.

You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible

Winning intoxicates you, and numbs you to the sufferings of others.

I'm looking forward to being a mom and a wife and a business owner.

Nothing you will object to," James replied in a soothing tone. I cannot think how he came to imagine that he would know what I might or might not object to.

I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?

Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to proportion His blessings to our alms.