When you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to let go at a certain point, and just trust it.

It's a very different feeling just sitting around the side, playing piano, and dancing around as opposed to standing in front and singing.

I don't feel [the] excitement you have when you first walk into a recording studio. It now feels like a tool.

I get more excited about like, "How nice is the piano?" or "How does the room sound?" I don't really see the gear so much anymore.

I just like dealing with scientists for awhile and then going over and dealing with musicians for awhile. They both have qualities that kind of counterbalance each other.

I don't consider myself a very religious person in any.

The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want.

I like having some things very clear while other things are obscured... so that it kind of keeps coming into and out of focus.

It's not like I'm narrating stories with music behind them. It's all kind of one thing. You hope you can provoke a specific emotional reaction, but in ways that aren't quite plain.

Asking 'why' only makes us feel hopeless. Asking 'how' points the way forward, and shows us what we must do

Bureaucracy: A contentious rumble toward the establishment of authoritarian rule.

There are two kinds of people: those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievements from the second.

I challenge you, me. Die or live and be great.

Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.

Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock.

We want to get rid of the militarist not simply because he hurts and kills, but because he is an intolerable thick-voiced blockhead who stands hectoring and blustering in our way of achievement.

A moratorium on opportunities, please. I need to recover from the last one.

I don't speak for all of us, but I'm pretty sure that my thoughts and opinions and beliefs identify with most people who are black because that's my soul.