You have to understand that the bass guitar is the party instrument. It only has four strings. If you see a bass player playing five strings, take your shoe off and throw it at him.

I'm usually the yes guy, and I had to turn into a no guy.

I'm flying everywhere in my private jet.

More than a pleasant surprise, Danny Schmidt was no less than a revelation to me. And that's not a word I use lightly.

My vibe was to just move forward at a really cool pace.

My idea was to release four four-song EPs, just like all the old Limey shoegaze bands used to do.

I miss him in so many ways, but right now I miss him in the way you always miss someone when you're single among a room full of couples.

Write like it matters, and it will.

Our relationship could now thrive only in my head, and to discuss it with a mother intent—admittedly in my own best interest—on challenging it with reality might do it irreparable harm.

I don’t know what more to say... I did not follow up in the days to come. I did not, I did, I should, I could... Just like that, I let that entire ordeal go.

'Arrival' talks very little about language and how to precisely dissect a foreign language. It's more a film on intuition and communication by intuition, the language of intuition.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.

We talk about the past like it's the strangest dream. Then we repeat the things we never dreamed we'd do.

An old couple came running from a motorhome, scribbling as they ran. Their sign read, Can you check on our cat, Ariel? No one would answer that, because the cats had all been eaten.

A good discussion increases the dimensions of everyone who takes part.

So long as there is one [person] who seeks employment and cannot find it, the hours of work are too long.