Somewhere embedded in every ordinary book are the five or six words for which really all the rest will be written.

Professionals never guess—they make it their business to know their business.

For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before.

Everything in Japan is hidden. Real life has an unlisted phone number.

Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one's self to be bored.

Artillery is the god of war.

The first time I cut all my hair off was when I was 19. I just got fed up going to the salon every week. I'd had enough! On a whim, it was off. It's low-maintenance.

I think it would be pretty cool if my kids were super kids.

We've done a miserable job of preparing people for today's world, let alone tomorrow's.

I love being the age I am, because if there's enough pain or grief, I have enough experience now to realize that there's joy coming around the corner.

Lyrically I'm supposed to represent, I'm not only the client, I'm the player president