I'm getting older every day, and I'm going to be making music until I drop dead.

Transport drives me crazy. I find myself on this constant conveyor belt and the planes, buses, traffic jams, ugh.

I became slightly disillusioned, but in a really good way that enabled me to realize that the music was the most important thing, and that the rest of it is total bullshit.

Be you own hero, be your own saviour, send all your suffering into the fire. Let no foot, mark your ground, let no hand, hold you down.

Part of being human is having a sense of humor.

An electronic instrument is just harboring a natural element the same way that a guitar is harboring an acoustic element. It's all nature, really.

To me, there's never been a difference between electronic and acoustic. I've always had this idea that electricity is another element like wind or fire or water.

I think more about sounds rather than concepts.

The world can get a bit ugly sometimes.

I finally realized that so much of the music world is about how much money you've got, how much you can pay to make your record successful.

Growing up, I never thought about the thing called money.

I know that I'm crazy. And that has made all the difference." From: Furiously Happy: A funny book about horrible things.

Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.

It is a parent's responsibility to preserve the connection with their children, to preserve the relationship, so that the children can let go and become their own selves.

Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we're invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.

I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans.

Pro wrestling has always been ingrained into American culture. It was one of the first things that was ever on television, so everybody watched it.

A lot of the economy is indeed being supplied by goods that are produced offshore. And much of the reason for that is societal.

...there are only some many times you can utter "It does not hurt" before it begins to hurt even more than the hurt.

Do something useful and you will have everything you want. Doors are shut for those who are dull and lazy; life is secure for those who obey the law of work.

In Europe, Henk Tennekes was dismissed as research director of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Society after questioning the scientific underpinnings of global warming.