The sexuality of children - there's a lot friction there. That tension interests me a lot.

Swans are majestic, beautiful looking creatures. With really ugly temperaments.

You make your work and you can't ask for approval when you're doing it. Otherwise, it's going to be untruthful in some way.

The goal is ecstasy, but I don't want to make some sort of saccharine pop music. I want to make something that's completely uncompromising: the best possible music ever made.

The music takes you. It has to be alive. It's like you hammer something, and the way it happens to bleed leads you into new directions.

I don't want to sound like everybody else.

I like loud electric guitars because I like how you can just lose your entire being in the sound.

I'm the band leader. That's not to say that the other people are my minions - they all put in a tremendous amount of personality, and push the music in ways I would never expect.

I used to routinely break my ribs doing stupid things onstage, but I have a healthy fear of breaking my bones now.

I'm pretty confident that people are going to come along for the ride. If they don't, tough.

Making those CDs, signing them, numbering them, packing them. It takes hundreds of hours, but it's worth it because I'm able to do the thing I love.

This is Annabeth, ” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.

If you can be Kind in the Land of Rudeness, you can be King in the Land of Kindness.

How beautiful is victory but how dear!

Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.

Being told that you are good at banter is like being told that you are a good person.

Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions.

Unfortunately, Congress is protecting the profits of those opposed to protecting the planet.

I never go overbudget on my movies.

A shortage is a sign that somebody is keeping the price artificially lower than it would be if supply and demand were allowed to operate freely.

'F - k you' is not really the best way to articulate how you feel.