When I listen to gospel singers pouring their heart out to God, it's the act of pouring their hearts out that interests me.

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.

What is false about hope?

I cannot think who my residents hurt but how I can give them tools to remain on the right side of civilization.

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.

A prolonged war in which a nation takes part is bound to impoverish the breed, since the character of the breed depends on the men who are left.

Truth never triumphs-its opponents just die out.

Alexander was not the first Greek to be honoured as a god for political favour.

I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult.

For Christians do not place their hope in their children, but rather their children are a sign of their hope . . . that God has not abandoned this world.

No art comes from the conscious mind.