The worst thing you can do is to try to cling to something that's gone, or to recreate it.

Life is beautiful, and terrible, and strange.

I enjoyed recording at home. I had the luxury of being able to re-record things.

It's hard to be objective about your own work.

God knows I'm a workaholic.

It makes me happy to hear good music before I go on.

I enjoy being on my own. I feel like I have more room to stretch. I have to go with the flow.

The worst thing you can do is to try to cling to something that's gone or to recreate it.

A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children

Where there has been true science, art has always been its exponent.

I've never had any religion. I'd prefer it if I did, really. Even as a boy I just couldn't make myself believe.

I sold my soul to the devil in L.A. He said 'sign your name here on the dotted line and your songs they all will play.'

Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.

I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances.

My parents would always tell me that I should not hate the white man, but that it was my duty as a Christian to love him.

Don't let your mind see through your eyes.

A man is a god in ruins.

People need to pay attention to their bodies and go get a checkup. If you do that, you have a chance to help illnesses from getting even worse.