You are an explorer. You understand that every time you go into the studio, you are after something that does not yet exist.

What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.

I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.

Identity is an assemblage of constellations.

We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry about our rhetoric.

You can't teach talent. You can't teach inspiration. You can teach people critical facilities. You can give them techniques. You can teach discipline. And you can teach them about the business.

Each person has a literature inside them.

Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going to go beyond what I see to give people visions of what could be.'

Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.

Be more than ready. Be present in your discipline. Remember your gift. Be grateful for your gift and treat it like a gift. Cherish it, take care of it, and pass it on.

You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.

It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.

The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it

Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea.

Many men think they're playboys but they invariably land wide of the mark. Surrounding yourself with champagne, fast friends and paid escorts is the very definition of the word 'loser'.

If you get something for nothing, part of you may be pleased, but part of you moves your hand to give something back.

It's the best. And the job site isn't too bad, either.

My life was over, finished, and I’d never seen Pearl Jam play live

The drums are what drives the whole thing. It's the backbone of the song.

When I was a kid, we always had big gardens, acres of stuff we grew out in the yard.

When people start talking about their bowel movements, they are inexorable as the processes of which they speak.