There is no good singing, there is only present and absent.

Somebody asked me what I wanted to do. I just said I wanted to…just to give back to it what it’s given me. And to meet all the other people that are doing it…just to be in the world, really.

I just want to have a completely adventurous, passionate, weird life.

I have no advice for anybody; except to, you know, be awake enough to see where you are at any given time, and how that is beautiful, and has poetry inside. Even places you hate.

If you feel blocked, do not turn to others, but look inside, in silence, for the enemy of your progress.

love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah.

I love anything that haunts me...and never leaves

Love, anger, depression, joy and dreams. ...And Zeppelin. Totally.

When all of this music sounds like you know what you want to say, then it will have been of all worth, ever. You will be something complete unto yourself, present and unique.

There's the moon asking to stay long enough for the clouds to fly me away

Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run

See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence.

It was like trying to bail out an ocean of water with a teaspoon.

I was a lawyer for about ten years. The law teaches one to see things from all different angles.

A false argument should be refuted, not named. That's the basic idea behind freedom of speech. Arguments by name-calling, rather than truth and light, can generally be presumed fraudulent.

Onscreen, babies and animals are my inspiration. They're so alive and there and not messed up in the head the way I am.

Beach balls at festivals are the work of the devil.

We were cowards when we sacked him.

All damaged people are dangerous. Survival makes them so.' 'Why?' 'Because they have no pity. They know what others can survive, as they did.

My very first news director said to me that it's better to be hated than to have viewers be neutral.

You want to reach people on a real level and have a fan base that understands you.