I honestly just love being in my studio working on music. That's all the inspiration I need. And I don't write with an end result in mind, I just write for the simple love of writing.

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.

You look ridiculous if you danceYou look ridiculous if you don't danceSo you might as welldance.

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

Smile more.Laugh more.Love more.Shine more.

A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.

Sometimes you lose some tournaments you should win and you win some you should lose.

Reporters tend to launch on what seems to be the clearest, most stark aspects of someone's life in terms of an interview.

People seek a new orientation, a new philosophy, one which is centered on the priorities of life-physically and spiritually-and not on the priorities of death.

Sooner or later people will learn to recognize your worth

Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation.

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.