There's an inherent thing in me where, if things are going too smooth, I'll sabotage the hell out of them, just to make the music more of a sanctuary.

I wrote... Neon Ballroom in that time where I hated music, really everything about it, I hated it.

None of us are really dumb and none of us are really smart. We're in the middle.

You say that money isn't everything, well I'd like to see you live without it.

Yes, I am old enough to grow a beard actually. So ner-ner-ner-ner

There are no big groupie fans or anything.

So I went and visited a doctor and he diagnosed me with reactive arthritis.

I am very scared of being outside my home for long periods of time.

I start sweating and shaking and having panic attacks if I am not at home.

I get very anxious and am scared in crowds and things like that.

I'm lucky the arthritis happened at the time that it did because of the record.

Obsession and desperation for your goal, gets you the goal.

Every dew-drop and raindrop had a whole heaven within it.

Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.

I have this weird sort of Gemini thing where I can really be empathetic and a loving person. But if you piss me off, I can be one of the meanest, most sadistic people.

If you're the sort of person that likes a job where once you know what you're doing you can keep doing what you're doing, don't ever become a film composer.

My mom was [a hippie]. We weren't allowed sugar cereal. We weren't allowed processed foods - except Van de Kamp's fish sticks. We never locked the front door.

Find joy in simplicity, self-respect, and indifference to what lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race. Follow the divine.

Art, to me, is a question. It should never be an answer.

Those who love each other shall become invincible.

Writing about something specific, in my mind, was overwhelming, so I wrote about art because I love art and I know I can say a couple of funny things about art.