All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

Are you willing to pay the price for the fulfilment of your passion?

When a man's neck's in danger, he doesn't stop to think too much aboutsentiment.

Darwin is my copilot.

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it.

Professional sports, in of itself, is a fantasy, for the majority of the population.

A lot of my reputation is a product of exaggeration and ignorance.

Don't live your life as though you were measuring it with a ruler.

I think Michael Moore is loathsome, though, not because he dislikes Bush, but because he seems to dislike America.