Being a vegan is pretty easy these days, as almost every town and city has health food stores and vegetarian-friendly restaurants.

The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who are actors and every day they look in the mirror with trepidation.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.

Life consists of what man is thinking about all day.

It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.

Man can change his destiny-not by wishing for it, but by working for it.

The Nobel Prize confers on an individual an authority which in economics no man ought to possess.

Every game, and almost every life situation, has short cuts: ways you can get better without learning the entire literature of the game from beginning to end.

Don't ever let your memories be bigger than your dreams.

A fecking flamethrower! Why didn't I think of that? Best I came up with was a measly hair dryer.

Money is a protection, a cloak; it can buy one quiet, and some sort of dignity.

The war against war is going to be no holiday excursion or camping party.

It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules.