I do not like to be called a samurai, but I admit that I have an image of myself as a fighter. I would like to fight against all authorities and powers.

Nothing that is expressed is obscene. What is obscene is what is hidden.

My hatred for Japanese cinema includes absolutely all of it.

Loving someone is waking up a little bit earlier than they do so you can pray for their day.

Thou art hunger, yo. Make with the starvation.

The good thing about being numb is that no one can hurt you, but the bad thing about being numb is that no one can love you.

sleeping beauty/trips me with a frown

Green is my favorite. And it's my favorite because it's the color of my wife's eyes, grass, trees, life, and money, and mother earth!

The intercourse between man and God reposes upon truths of another order than that of reason, upon a light different and more elevated than that which naturally enlightens created intelligences.

If fans are going to turn on me because of this, they weren't my fans anyway. I couldn't betray a whole 25 years of record making and not do this. I had to.

The one thing that I'm in charge of in this wedding is the food

The best you can hope for in this life is that your delusions are benign and your compulsions have utility.

I feel like a young adult. In high school I never felt like my professional life and my personal life were at odds, because Rookie felt like the bridge.