My goal with everything that I do is to present things in a way that I would want to see if I was in the audience or buying the record.

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.

Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business.

Sometimes i think there must be a sort of pollen of ideas floating in the air, which fertilizes similarly minds here and there which have not had direct contact.

The young man turned to him with a disarming candour which instantly put him on his guard.

I'm not looking for starters, I'm looking for finishers.

How does the poet transform his banal thoughts (are not most thoughts banal?) into such stunning forms, into beauty?

When people saw what had happened to my son, men stood up who had never stood up before.

One can enjoy a rainbow without necessarily forgetting the forces that made it.

Technology always has unforeseen consequences, and it is not always clear, at the beginning, who or what will win, and who or what will lose.

When it comes to guys, make sure you are treated like a princess, always.

I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office.