Any kid will tell you that, yes, their music is both an escape and a survival mechanism, and that sometimes the music givesbthem hope and inspiration. It doesn't just placate and pacify.

I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?

You might say that the universe plays the blues.

The online music magazine Pitchfork once wrote that I would collaborate with anyone for a bag of Doritos.

There are two conversations going on at the same time: the story and a conversation about how the story is being told.

There's a good chance that you might be inspired by ideas that originate outside of yourself.

The radio was shouting at you, pleading with you, and seducing you.

Powerpoint presentations are a kind of theater, a kind of augmented stand-up. Too often it's a boring and tedious genre, and audiences are subjected to the bad as well as the good.

Trust comes from courage

TELEPHONE n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer. Come dream with me.

Acting is really therapeutic for me, personally. That's something that I'll always remember. I don't know how it's going to look, but I gave it my heart and soul.

Who'll love Aladdin Sane? Battle cries and champagne just in time for sunrise.

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same.

The issues in America are so big, and the problems are enormously complicated. But I am incredibly confident in Donald Trump to be able to execute on his promise to the people who elected him.

I left with nothing and needing to begin a new career.

Human fallibility recognised, Gods sovereignty trusted; these are also the only stable foundations for human beings in society.

Make a habit of telling the truth, or make a habit of lying: to decide each case on its own merits is exhausting, and hardly ever worth it.