When something goes into the world, you immediately begin to develop another perspective on yourself, another identity.

In general, I think I'm a very private person. But I also love human beings.

My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.

People who create art would be fools to assume they know exactly what people are going to think of it.

I'm a Gemini, so I'm very dual. I love something and I hate it at the same time, so that probably comes out in the lyrics.

As you get older you realise that nothing lasts forever. It's not depressing, but it does make moments more intense.

I think the Yamaha has a giant quality. When you combine the Yamaha with other organs, you get this crazy rectangular sound. It's kind of flat and thick.

Sound is a very unruly thing, and you have to really respect that it's going to differ every time you play.

I personally do not listen to a lot of music. It helps keep my mind free. I don't want to sound like someone else from the get-go. I want to express myself and the world in my head.

Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.

Yeah, it's a lot harder to find a musical partner than a love partner.

Conformity is a cage that confines our ability to think. It is a cage that hinders growth and deters individualism

The well of public opinion has been well and truly poisoned by the Iraq episode.

We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.

I am sick of the disparity between things as they are and as they should be. I'm tired.I'm tired of the truth and I'm tired of lying about the truth.

The Beatles and the Stones are for blowing your mind. The Doors are for afterward, when your mind is already gone . . .

Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be blind, but it should not be deaf.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important.

It's curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you're saving money.

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.