Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment.

Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture.

The single best thing that has happened in my lifetime in music, after punk rock, is being able to share music, globally for free.

For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and some good cheese or roast beef, which you will enjoy much more.

In heaven, after antipasti, the first course will be pasta.

It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all recognize this

I don't feel like embarrassing Kurt by talking about what a psycho hosebeast his wife is, especially when he knows it already.

Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment

Find people who think like you and stick with them. Make only music you are passionate about. Work only with people you like and trust. Don't sign anything.

Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I've found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I encourage this behavior as I also enjoy the benefits of fresh food

I stopped drinking almost immediately after I had ready access to liquor, when I got to college. It almost immediately lost its appeal for me.

Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.

Mad cow disease? A crazy hunger for blood. There had to be a reasonable explanation for all of this. And there's no such thing as vampires, right?

In order to defeat our challengers and rise above every obstacle, we must be able to persevere.

All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance.

Until you accept total responsibility - no matter what - you won't be able to put plans in place to accomplish your goals.

In the house, and on the street, how many, many feet you meet.

We cannot lead anyone farther than we have been ourselves.

It is good walking when one hath his horse in hand.

Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it.

A man ceases to be an honest doubter the moment he refuses one way of getting at the truth because he does not like that way.