To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

Somewhere in between, I had fallen for that boy.

We give more economic aid to multinational corporations to increase their profits than we do to all the countries in the world combined.

We flashed our feathers when the feathers were fit to be flashed, and now, in drearier days, many stay indoors.

I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.

So he stalked her again. Love makes hunters of us all.

Giving appreciations, praise, and gratitudes feels good and puts good vibes in the environment.

I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.

It is a very poor consolation to be told that the man who has given one a bad dinner, or poor wine, is irreproachable in private life. Even the cardinal virtues cannot atone for half-cold entrees.

Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.

The real dirt is not outside, but inside, in our hearts. We can wash all stains with water. The only one we can't remove is the grudge and the bad intentions sticking to our hearts.