I'm like a monk with a taste for hookers.

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.

A memoir, at its heart, is written in order to figure out who you are.

It is my principle never to accept any donations from any government or any foreign funded organisation.

It is likely that unlikely things should happen

I am firm; YOU are obstinate; HE is a pig-headed fool.

I love mysteries, and I read them every night before I go to bed.

They weren't great pictures, but they were fun, and they really represented that period of time well.

You might be a redneck if your wife wants to stop at the gas station to see if they've got the new Darrell Waltrip Budweiser wall clock.

I've been lucky over the past few years. Things have just happened for me.

What of a truth that is bounded by these mountains and is falsehood to the world that lives beyond?

How did I end up in films with people like Keira Knightley... all these beautiful leading ladies and me - it's kind of shocking.