Everything we are doing is on the cutting edge of so many different industries and so many different interests. We're out there in the sunshine, and it feels fine.

When ATM machines came out and people were prosecuted for robbing ATM machines, I don't think anybody thought the banks were against technology because they didn't want their ATM machines lifted.

Unauthorized use of these MP3 files is really creating a problem for artists in the music community.

Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.

The Constitution wanted artists to have control over their works because they knew it would create incentive to create more works. That is clearly still the goal.

Napster is essentially using the music to make money for themselves and that's the part that's both morally and legally wrong. That I think is more relevant than whether or not I'm losing money.

The enforcement is the flip side to the growth. And that's OK.

Working moms, stay-at-home moms, they're both extremely hard jobs.

This is a business built on promotion. We've been giving music away to radio stations for 30 years.

The innovation is going to come, and that is good for everybody.

A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important as the money, for some people.

How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfet raigns.

Orion nodded, then asked, “Dwarf cheese?”“Cheese made by dwarfs.”“Oh, ” said Orion, relieved. “They make it. It’s not actually . . .”“No. What a horrible thought.”“Exactly.

I have come with this message: since our gods and our aspirations are no longer anything but scientific, why shouldn't our loves be so too?

If we would aim at perfection in any thing, simplicity must not be overlooked.

Each and every one of us who is still lucky enough to have our parents has a duty to them. We do owe them.

A rune, hovering like an angel: a shape like two wings joined by a single bar.

Where there is creativity, there is hope.

If I was a freak of nature... Hell yeah I wanna do freak shows! I don't wanna be applying for jobs at the mall.

We keep thinking of deity as a kind of fact, somewhere; God as a fact. God is simply our own notion of something that is symbolic of transcendence and mystery. The mystery is what’s important.

Grammar is...the pole you grab to get your thoughts up on their feet and walking.