I just happen to comprehend the low standards of the majority of the music-buying public, and I don’t care how condescending that sounds, it’s true. They always go for the shiny gimmicks. Always.

Has the industry done to music what McDonald’s has done to eating?

Personally, I don’t like inherently happy people. I don’t trust them. I think there’s something seriously wrong with anyone who isn’t at least a little let down by the world.

Fate is just another word for people's choices coming to a head. Destiny, coincidence, whatever you name it. It inevitably lies in our hands.

We hovered above the moment like two rain clouds

Did you really want to die?""No one commits suicide because they want to die.""Then why do they do it?""Because they want to stop the pain.

Tell me what you listen to, and I'll tell you who you are.

In the light, we shine brightly.

That's the most pathetic part of being a human, the emotions you don't ask for or want, they just rush you anyway.

God never got around to creating a substitute for experience.

No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.

Life is a mask through which the universe expresses itself.

Brandon Rush is not just one of the best freshmen in the league, he's one of the best players.

I certainly am interested in accessibility, clarity, and immediacy.

You retain your health only so long as you are willing.

I don't think when people sign up for a life of doing something they love to do they should have to sign up for a complete loss of privacy. I understand a little loss of privacy coming with the job.

I'm old, I'm young, I'm intelligent, I'm stupid. My tide goes in and out.