When the band begins to get a name for themselves, and the writers get assigned to bands, they'll hit somebody who just doesn't like that kind of music, or they love hip hop but hate guitar rock.

To my mind, there is a reason that music is there and it's about being human.

I don't think there's anything innately erotic about pigs. But, generally, they are sweet, shy, mysterious creatures. Especially the little ones. When they get big, they get kinda gross

A, C, and G are the only chords any honest musician needs.

Maybe I'm an elitist, but I don't feel like I am.

I mean, it's so normal for everybody to have a huge ego, it's great. It's great. Otherwise, everybody would act like Bono, you know, really big.

I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring.

Marina wouldn't want to be remembered because she dead. She would want to be remembered because she's good.

The principles you pursue becomes a worth when it reflects

You don't need to worry, though. He's not my type." "I don't think I've ever heard a girl say that before," said Simon. "I thought Jace was the kind of guy who was everyone's type.

Obviously, I can't perform; admittedly, I'm terrible.

Thirty-two coups d'etat are enough.

Imagination is actually a form of computation. Imagination gives calculated and instinctive solutions for the future.

We are neurotically haunted today by the imminence, and by the ignominy, of failure. We know at how frightening a cost one succeeds: to fail is something too awful to think about.

Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.

People are not killed by earthquakes alone, but by collapsed buildings.

I, uh, don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.