When someone comes to me and says the music I've made has affected them emotionally, that's the most gratifying part of my job.

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.

When you are trapped in a cage with broken wings, freedom can seem like a faraway deeply buried treasure. But it is always within reach.

Love transcends dimensions of time and space.

That's it. New rule: no more flirting during the zombie apocalypse

A consultant to be worth his salt must give honest judgments not necessarily those which he thinks the clients would like to hear.

I’m not going anywhere near a motel with you.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.

It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality.

But there's wisdom in women, of more than they have known, And thoughts go blowing through them, are wiser than their own.

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