People are renovating places and opening ambitious new venues. That's one thing that music does. It gets people out of their houses, and gets them hanging out together.

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

Feeling uncomfortable is the first step towards growth.

Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.

My relaxation has always been my animals - going to the dog park with them, going to the beach.

The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.

Pop music - what used to be known as rock music, a loud novelty - can be something more than a pointless, artificial diversion.

The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.

if i can only recount the story of my life right out of my body flames will grow

To me, what separates a funny movie from a good movie is something personal.

I don't think for a minute we went to Iraq for oil. It just so happened that it had oil. But I think we'll come out of the Iraqi situation with a call on their oil at market price.