Never have public feuds with anyone who's surrounded by people who carry guns.

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.

. . . failure is also the stern parent of truth. (p525)

To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.

There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files.

Philosophy is a corrective against sadness. Yet there still are people who believe in the profundity of philosophy!

Each time that you don't know you are choosing, then of those choices you are not the chooser.

I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I'm so shy.

We must be the world we want to create.

Dangerous he who thinks it safe to die!

If something can't be explained on the back of an envelope, it's rubbish.

The real compensation of a right action is inherent in having performed it.