I can't fool myself into thinking that musically I don't need other people, whether it's as a foil or just to come in and make real the ideas that are kind of vague and wispy in my head.

I always start with the lyrics, because starting with the music means the words will be bad.

I'm not really sure that I have the same definition of things as other people. Like, when people talk about being "engaged" with the audience, I'm not exactly sure what they mean.

I don't banter with the audience, cause I don't have anything to say to them, and I'm not feeling any sense of ease or camaraderie when I'm on stage.

I like putting common expressions next to uncommon expressions. I'm sure in Poetry 101 there is a name for it, but it seems like you usually go one way or the other in rock music.

Kaputt was just a record that did really well for us, and therefore our record label and our booking agent said that we should go out and take our message to the world.

The more I abandon ideas of myself as a musician, the better a singer I become.

Once you feel like you can safely quit a melody, you are free to explore more important things.

I've never had any kind of work ethic. I've never sat down with the intention of writing a song.

I'm just kind of lazy and messed up and self-managed - self-mismanaged.

I used to struggle a little bit with the idea of how to separate singing from acting and entertaining.

I didn’t even have a name for her, shade or human, but I didn’t need one to know her. (Eric)

If [Jesus] felt that He had to pray, how much more do we need to pray!

If you want to live life, embrace change.

Character is the real you-“the you in you that makes you the you, you are

That's Al Qaeda's new plan: to destroy America one period at a time.

When you know you are dying, self-deceptions fly from your bedside like embers off a bonfire.

holes are interesting. there are books about holes.

A hole is a hole has always been my motto.

Why in the world do the insurance companies get to be the boss of birth? That's what I want to know.

I am a record executive and I shall be right there in your face with my records.