We will not wake up ten years from now and find we have passively taken on the character of God.

When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.

…We feel different things. We like different things. It’s like they say with books, no two people ever read the same book. It’s the same with music, yo.

Poetry is painting with words where you create a masterpiece by spilling your feelings and emotions onto the blank paper.

America I used to be a communist when I was a kid and I'm not sorry.

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change.

I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major.

Since age twelve, I've felt like I'm someone else,'cause I hung my original self from the top bunk with a belt.

We are here to repair the world. I grew up thinking that was what everybody was trying to do.

I want to sell tracks but at the same time I want to stay true to the music I like. This is why I love the underground scene because they can stay true to what they want to do.

Beyond domestic animals and our response to their fealty and affection, we have a peculiar charge concerning the wild animals which supply our clothes, food and adornments.