The moment that you impose your will on another person or animal, that's when we are allowed to say you have committed an ethical breach.

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.

The most powerful manifesting is realized by those who walk in love and create through love.

Nature never rushes, yet everything gets done.

No sin which we are capable of committing has ever taken God by surprise for He knew we were just like that.

We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime

Is it a bad sign when you see the person you're dating and get the same feeling as if you just saw police lights in you're rear view mirror?

If I started thinking too much about how influential I've been, then I'd be more of a turd than I already am.

We are storytelling creatures, and as children we acquire language to tell those stories that we have inside us.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

[When asked if the voice is an instrument:] Yes, of course. Some are violins, some are fountain pens and some are stethoscopes. And others are just washboards.

You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can't get away with.