I have actually found myself buying up more and more old analogue gear. I have this strange obsession with old drum machines.

The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who are actors and every day they look in the mirror with trepidation.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.

she wondered how she could have spent all that money and have nothing but clothes and accessories and a long list of men she never wanted to see again to show for it

The education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions, were automatically assumed to be superior. There was no such thing as African culture.

My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature not by other feelings.

This is a business meal. The calories do not count. I am mentally labeling these as 'business calories' so my body will know they were eaten in the line of duty and will process them differently.

We should often blush at our noblest deeds if the world were to see all their underlying motives.

America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.

Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.

If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.

Once you cared about a person, it was impossible to be logical about them anymore.

I wanted something that was really well-made but also still hitting a price point that's tangible and logical for average people - that's who I want to cater to.