Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.

I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.

Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation.

I try to sing whatever the music makes me feel. And we play so much music from the other records at shows that I hope no one will miss the old style too much.

Sophomore records are historically really difficult.

I feel like there's a hunger in the culture now for the live experience maybe as a counterpoint to the more sort of synthetic lives that we've been living.

Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.

For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.

It's insane how quickly everything's changed. I always feel like I'm running hard to catch up.

My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear.

It's almost embarrassing how well-behaved I was, which is probably why I do things like spit water on myself onstage as an adult.

Most of our failures in understanding one another have less to do with what is heard than with what is intended and what is inferred.

You've always been skinny, always will." I can feeleachreclusivebonepoke through, the bones of Embarrassment, Anger, Relief.I push some back in, but leaveAngersticking out.

What is it that distinguishes you and me from the lower animals - from the beasts? More, I say, than anything else, human sympathy - human sympathy.

I am bigger than anything that can happen to me.

Think of me as the weathered sheriff coming back into Dodge 'cause the youngsters are shooting up the church and scaring the horses and not doing right by the women.

So ensuring the integrity of the data and integrity and validity of the connection is a very important element in any company's strategy that is moving towards a Web service paradigm.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

In my trailer, I work out with free weights and do situps and push-ups. I'm just trying to stay lean and active looking.

I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.

The only thing you can do with your life is give it away. The best, happiest moments in your life are always when you're giving something away.