Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.

We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.

You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know.

Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.

Truth is something you stumble into when you think you're going someplace else.

You don't want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one.

Nothing left to do but smile.

It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness.

Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.

If you're able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you.

All I know is, if you listen to society, you'll never get anywhere!

True belief is movement toward God even in the midst of confusion or frustration or fear.

She hates everything that is not what she longs for.

Graduation Speech: You'll have to excuse me if I cry. I've been a little teary-eyed all week the sadness the joy . . . the fact that I'm off my parents' payroll.

Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.

What we buy, and pay for, is part of ourselves.

We gotta be willing to seek direction ... we've gotta be willing to look within.

The Sufis have a saying: "Praise Allah, and tie your camel to a post." This brings together both parts of practice: pray, yes, but also make sure that you do what is necessary in the world.

I think it's important to make art that is not that easily absorbable, that is a challenge to the authorities.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.

You're one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving it. It's a great gift.