The reason I can do what I do on stage is because I couldn't fake it.

That was how I got into music and art was being a battle kid from Jersey, so I didn't have these wonderful ways of learning commitment, dedication, practicing skill.

I wonder a lot about making things meaningful. You want to do meaningful work and make art, but you're making records, which is good, but you don't want to weight them - it's a very curious thing.

I am not concerned about the 80 BMP consistency law of popular music. I'm concerned with other things, and they're very valid.

I'm at best on stage. It's one of the only places where I actually can feel like a million bucks.

Being on stage, it's like, "Ooo-kay, now I remember why all this is going wrong or right!" It's very much my element.

I can deal with all the pangs of having to find money in 20 different places because you don't really reap the whirlwind with this cutting-edge music.

I'd love to sign a contract for the soundtracks to every Wes Anderson movie, you know what I'm saying? Things like that, I have no spots on my conscience about.

Whether it's just the career path of doing independent music, being an artist, however you want to pigeon-hole it, it creates a certain type of character.

At best doing art you feel like you're led by something that doesn't involve you.

You can always find the sample that covers what you're hearing, but barely...it allows me to really concentrate on words.

There was a piece of ornamental water immediately below the parapet, on the other side, into which Mr. James Harthouse had a very strong inclination to pitch Mr. Thomas Gradgrind Junior.

She used to diet on any kind of food she could lay her hands on.

These mountains were given to us by the Great Chief so that we might never be depressed.

If any American really believes that Obamacare is going to control costs, I've got some real estate in Whitewater, Arkansas I'd like to sell them.

Ideally, our muscles should obey our will. Reasonably, our will should not be dominated by the reflex actions of our muscles.

Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common sense one has, not by how much educated or knowledgeable he is.

A people that does not protect its racial purity will perish!

Just to get serious about this thing, you know. One has to be compassionate. It's true that people are up against things, economically and emotionally.

Finding a sponsor is the toughest part of racing, tougher than driving.

I hate the industry even more now, no bands get nurtured anymore. Labels only spend money promoting acts they know will be Top Ten. I find it offensive spending $2 million on a video.