I have always been first and foremost a cinephile, so making references to other films is second nature to me.

Heterosexuality is the opiate of the masses

No revolution without sexual revolution. No sexual revolution without homosexual revolution.

Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.

Some people want to kill goliath but they do not want to attend to sheep. How can God use you to kill giants if you cannot follow simple instructions?

Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.

But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

I listen to a variety of stuff on my iPod: Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Public Enemy, Foo Fighters, anything that gets my adrenalin flowing.

I'd prostitute my talents if it would further my cause, steal if there was no way out, killing my friends or anyone else if it would help my art.

It is a bigger miracle to be patient and refrain from anger than it is to control the demons which fly through the air.

Trying to solve the problem by creating more debt is analogous to trying to stop being an alcoholic by going on a bender down at the corner bar.

Like Joseph Mitchell, I would scour the streets of New York and find little pieces of what other people think of as junk - and collect it.

I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.