To me, one of the easiest ways of addressing climate change and potentially remedying climate change is to stop subsidizing animal agriculture.

The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who are actors and every day they look in the mirror with trepidation.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.

You don't have to, Henry. In here, I think my dream is big enough for the both of us.

Reform must come from within not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.

Everything that exists in your life, does so because of two things: something you did or something you didn't do.

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

Defeat is worse than death because you live with defeat.

Southerners are so devoted to genealogy that we see a family tree under every bush.

I think pressure when you work is good. It forces you to take risks and to do other things.

There are insights that can be born only of your own pain, and they are the most precious. Seek [within] the undiscovered part of yourself. (emphasis added)

I would rather have India without education, if that is the price to be paid for making it dry.

Those that spend the most effort in search of shortcuts are often the most disappointed and the least successful.