What I was utterly convinced of, and still am, is the idea that the only responsibility the free intellectual has is vis-a-vis himself. He is not responsible to either a political party or a ruler.

When the artist ... intends from the beginning to be obscure and take obscurity as his objective or goal for its own sake and wishes to astonish, shock, and seem mysterious, that is a swindle.

There is always a state of anxiety, of searching and delving for style.

True artistic renewal does not mean being stripped of fetters. It means moving into new fetters.

Only wild cannot be tamed and I have been untamable.

Don't celebrate how old you are, celebrate the years you survived.

Pride is a good horse if thou ridest wisely

Do not lower your expectations in order to avoid hurt. Instead, keep your expectations high and learn to tackle with disappointments.

In January of 1995, my family and I moved to Seattle. Pearl Jam did the first of their live radio broadcasts, Monkey Wrench Radio, along with many other Seattle musicians.

People talk about generating my own work, but I don't really know how to go about that. There are certainly some roles in the theater I'd like to play but I don't know if I'll ever get to do it.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

When I'm shouting at the defence, subtitles come up in front of the goal.

Californians are good at planning for the earthquake, while simultaneously denying it will happen.

The smallest thing, well done, becomes artistic.