There are are some dirty, greedy people out there, and unfortunately I know some.

I was always getting my way. I was always the guy saying yes or no.

We live in a crazy time. Every other week, there's a school shooting. There's always some nutty thing and I've always wanted to kind of understand the crazy.

Hysterically funny, amazingly talented people. That's what I think of when I think of Canada. That, and cold beer. And mountains.

I'm not a perfect song writer, but I am song writing problems with dynamics, instrument change and arrangements.

For many people out there in the world, music is the only thing that gives them relief, so it’s awesome to be a part of that tradition.

You kind of have to have a cynical thing sometimes.

I'm just a proud papa and it's nice to get that validation from my colleagues in the industry. You get up, you pull your pants down and you're like, "Here it is!"

I worked with a lot of different, amazing people, but I was always like, "Dude, I'm sorry, you're going to have to trust me, we've got to do it this way!"

I call my wife and talk to my children four or five times a day. I've surrounded myself with great people and friends, plus I'm always willing to make amends.

I must always march on in my life. What's done is done.

Courage is not the absence of Fear, but the ability to act in spite of fear!

Unexpressed grief leaves the deepest scars.

It is of course dangerous to set off an explosive device on a spacecraft.

During war, the laws are silent.

Really the moment I decided I wanted to do art seriously, I left art school. I wanted to be with people who were interested in the same things I was: popular culture.

I'm not crazy, i'm just sensitive

I don't vote party lines. Never have. I vote for the best candidate.

I am neither virgin nor priest enough to play with the inner life.

I am a feminist, and I define myself: Be yourself, because if you can get away with it, that is the ultimate feminist act.

If you are going to make a book end badly, it must end badly from the beginning.