The first rule of business is FUN

Things that make you weird as a kid will make you great tomorrow.

It's about whittling. It's about taking something and whittling and whittling and getting it sharp and perfect. Then you've got something.

Inspiration is hogwash. My work comes directly out of my loves and hates. Muses don't whisper in my ear, and ideas don't flow over my body like a cool rain.

If your work appeals to everyone, it moves no one

The life you want doesn't exist. You have to make it up.

If you don't enjoy what you're doing, how can you assume anyone else will

But the few brave ones, both companies and individuals, who risk comfort and safety for a chance at beauty or being able to move someone — they have a potential to gain so much more.

You can't learn anything new, until you are open enough to forget everything you think you know

We're supposed to be the people who make culture, not decorate culture.

Put your weird in your work!

After us, there was no more world to receive anyone.

One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say.

The world is incomprehensible. We won't ever understand it; we won't ever unravel its secrets. Thus we must treat the world as it is: a sheer mystery.

Don't shoot me, I'm just the piano player!

Men look for better methods, but God looks for better men.

When you are a kid, you need to have something to do. This will keep you off the streets.

I hate the vamp jobs. They think they're so suave. It's not enough for them to slaughter and eat you like a zombie would. No, they want to be all sexy, too. And trust me: vampires? Not. Sexy.

There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But who wants easier?

I’ve always considered it a great privilege to be a musician, I’ve never lost sight of that.

Few things are hidden from a quiet child with good eyesight.