Everything's immediately diminished. That's why there's no real rock stars anymore. People are too accessible.

One of my favorite quotes ever was from Slash from Guns and Roses and he said 'to be truly iconic, you need to be able to recognized in a silhouette'

Life's too short to drink crappy coffee and cry over boys who don't care.

Never take a person away from the music they love.

I'm just tired; I just want the world to be quiet for a bit.

There's a lot that's happened in my life that maybe I didn't want to happen, but I suppose it's led me to exactly where I am now.

I'd kill myself without music. Immediately. Life is pointless without music for me.

People think that atheists have nothing to live for, but that's not true - it's that we have nothing to die for.

We like to juxtapose our music with a more dour aesthetic.

Everything that we've ever done has led up to this moment, so I presume there's a certain intricacy in that.

The idea of being part of this tapestry of humanity is a far more enlightening idea for me than believing you are going to this different place when you die. The magic of reality is far more potent.

Free your mind from the prison of your past. Time has allowed you to grow and develop into the person you're meant to be. Now, you are living a purposed filled life.

There are three people one can never reason with: a drunk, a crazy person, and a fool.

A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead.

Shaw writes as if it were always midday.

I grew up near King's Cross station in London, living in an apartment block where my dad was a caretaker.

Shambhala is a Buddhist tradition with its own unique view and approach.

Whenever I meet people for the first time, I assume that they have a great story to tell and that it's my job to find it.

The development of the faculty of attention forms the real object and almost the sole interest of studies.

I think the important thing is for the president to show action. The people in America want to know that we're listening to them and their concerns.