My favorite venues are the 2,000 seat theaters, like the Warfield. If there was a Warfield in every city, I would play it. That's all I would do. I love venues like that.

In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best. But, since there's no real market for masturbation I had to fall back on my bass playing abilities.

Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take me fishing.

To defy the laws of tradition is a crusade only of the brave.

Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.

I'll run against the grain till the day I drop?

I'm a big believer in spontaneity.

Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.

Music in general is looking for something new overall.

More than anything, I think the best thing you can do as an artist is just stay as true to yourself as possible and hope that your fan base will appreciate that.

You can't watch 'Dr. Strangelove' with commercials. That would be sacrilegious.

I, the infirm, find myself caring for the sorrows and fears of the well.

You're either growing or dying. Stagnation does not exist in the universe.

Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.

You get used to seeing certain things, and if you don't find a new way to talk about it, then frankly at some point you need to get out of the way.

One of kindness and integrity. I know I fail constantly, but I’m working towards being a reliable and worthy contributor to the world.

Alone or not, you gotta walk forward.

Am I becoming the kind of person I would like to have as a friend?

On the other hand, even a big, '80s love van was less noticeable than six flying kids and their talking dog. So there you go.

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.

Ambrose Phillips . . . who had the honor of bringing into fashion a species of composition which has been called, after his name, Namby Pamby.