The young have to kill the old. The young, if they want to achieve their own platform, have to diminish the reputations of the ones that have gone before. That's how life works.

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.

I hate unbreakable alibis--they are usually the first to crack. --Hugo Anstead

Sometimes you just get a feeling about someone and that feeling is worth more than all of the little things put together.

I take all knowledge to be my province.

If you ask me, it'd be little short of disastrous for us to discover a source of clean, cheap, abundant energy because of what we would do with it.

I've always taken risks and bought property well. As journalism wasn't particularly well paid, buying homes and selling them for profit improved my income.

The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile. [The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.]

What worries me is the professionalism of everything.

If the choice is go to war or end up with an American city hit by weapon of mass destruction, then the choice is easy.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can.

When I do have time to work on music, I'm kind of selfish, and would rather work on my own stuff than someone else's.