There's nothing less funny than someone who looks cool. There's nothing more unappealing.

Reality worked its way into my dreams where it wasn’t welcome.

The never-ending task of self improvement.

Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.

A liar is a liar and lives on the lies he tells and dies in a life of lies.

Drop the veneer periodically and be like "OK, I'm an imperfect human. Let's try to get through this."

I admit I distorted intelligence to please Stalin because I feared him.

What do we have in common with the rosebud, which trembles because a drop of dew lies on its body?

Any religious organization should be allowed to hire based on their religious preference- but not with federal dollars.

With economic opportunity, sometimes it's making sure that if they're not in a place where they can have good jobs, that when they have economic opportunity, they have digital tools to use.

Most of my records are very dense, composition-heavy, and there's bits of different kinds of music like an acoustic ballad, instrumental trio pieces, and vocal tracks.