Theoretical concepts of music and extended techniques are more like seasoning to me; they're not the meal. I like outside music that still has a sense of forward motion and an emotive quality to it.

Concepts and intellectual devices or chops can't mask or conceal an underlying lack of emotive power.

The music is at its best when people are truly digging in.

Courage is feeling fear, not getting rid of fear, and taking action in the face of fear.

I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

To me the arcade experience is the ultimate gaming experience.

I know I never work in whatever gets called an office, e.g., a school office I use only for meeting students and storing books I know I'm not going to read anytime soon.

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment.

God planned for our lives to connect. Let's make sure we keep it that way.

I've learned to sell my music, I've learned to direct, I've written screenplays... All of this fulfilled my artistic needs but also put food on the table.

I was thrown into the fashion world, dating models - and you'd read about me dating a new starlet every month. That's just where my life was. But I've grown up a lot.

The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Life is fleeting. It is to be enjoyed.