I don't like the idea of being surrounded by hidden things; people you can't see in buildings and cars.

The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child.

I think that what trips up a lot of great musicians is that they become involved with too many things that aren't where their strengths lie.

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.

I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player and doesn't have movie theaters and people walking down the street in order to not do anything.

The Beatles looked like they were in show business, and that was the important thing. And the important thing for the Rolling Stones was to look as if they were not.

Differences were meant not to divide but to enrich.

It's nice to be able to backtrack and not be embarrassed by the music you used to listen to.

You have to jump into the pool before you know whether there's water in it.

It is more rewarding to be complicit with scarcity than excess.

I'd like my records to reach as many people as possible, but I'm also thinking in terms of how I can keep from getting jaded or unhappy with the process.

Unless they are off duty, no matter how wide it is, and even when it is sincere, a smile seems fake if the job description of the person who is smiling includes smiling.

Sometimes the storm in your mind takes you to a better decision.

When this flood blocks the road I am worried more by my soil getting washed, than by getting late to reach my destination.

Life is too short to waste time waiting for other people's approval on how you live it.

Part of the creative process for me is an invitation for readers to follow their imagination.

It’s true: Medium has the best web-based editor I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen them all.

I love my life. I love being an inventor.

Jihad is described as a war against Muslims, to establish the religion.

I will not be on this planet. I may come back in another form, and you know, I'll come back as a white man.

All my available funds are completely tied up in cash.