Live is best. You have movement, and I think we should do as much as we can to put that sense of movement in the recorded music.

The whole idea of civilization as an understandable narrative is a bit nuts. It's the most problematic of delusions.

Ten people who are into our music is better than three hundred people who are just standing there.

Tour is disgusting, actually, I have no idea how people do it. Your brain would go to rot, unless you really, really worked hard at making sure it didn't.

We're a live band. Some bands write their songs in the studio - we don't do that. We're playing songs on this tour that were written three days before the tour. And it feels good to try these songs.

An acceptance of your cultural inheritance, and at the same time a dislike of it, is a building block of good art.

These are things that I continue to enjoy speaking about. The woods. Boats. Greeks. I think the real heart of it, is really being in love with these Dutch paintings over the last several years.

Being” is far more important than “doing.” When we are what we should be inside, we will bring forth fruit.

When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.

My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog.

If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat.

Anything's possible in Human Nature ...Love. Madness. Hope. Infinite joy.

I also like different records of mine for creative purposes and metaphorically wise.

Christianity has always seemed to fight a losing battle against race.

Some people just don't want to see change, but thankfully there are a lot of people more optimistic for something new in music, even with the bigger picture like with Barack Obama getting elected.

The end of Man is an Action, and not a Thought, though it were the noblest?