I guess my life was in a pretty disorderly fashion, so I think the music came out that way a little bit.

If you want to do a movie about aliens coming down to Earth nowadays, you need to do it with a smile.

I probably watch movies more than I actually listen to music, I think.

I don't really watch too many remakes. I saw Scorsese's version of Cape Fear, which was good. That was a good remake.

I like to think that the music is a mixture of personal experiences mixed with photography and movies.

Photography and movies are a much bigger influence on me than music is itself.

I like to get everything done during the early morning hours and the early part of the day.

I think you go through different phases when you do albums, and I think that they change according to where you are in your life and what you're inspired by at the moment.

I very rarely sit down with a guitar and try to write a song. I usually think about it a lot and then I'll try to re-create what was in my head at the time.

I don't work at night. I'm not very good about working at night. I get tired during the day and I usually like to save my nights to try things out recording.

It's not really a conscious decision to do a quiet album or a noisier album. It's just something that happens, I guess.

A statement made from the heart has an aroma, it has lights, it has earth andsun and moon. It is colorful and it grasps the attention of those around you, like the sunset.

I keep a vivid memory of failure in my back pocket, so no matter how much I accomplish I stay grounded.

Trust all you wish to achieve, in the aftermath of Christmas will harmoniously begin to unfold.

Compromise cannot be allowed in cases where the exact truth is ascertainable.

I hate yoga so much. Like, if yoga was a person, I'd stab them.

Well, the Lord is going to get another one.

I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your head like a virtual space.

Not only are facts and theories in constant disharmony, they are never as neatly separated as everyone makes them out to be.

If you don't work on important problems, it's not likely that you'll do important work.

Behead yourself!... Dissolve your whole body into Vision: become seeing, seeing, seeing!