I never took fans for granted. I always assumed subconsciously that people who followed what I did were just people who were kind of like me.

If people can finally recognize you on radio without being told who it is, thats what you aim for.

I had a feeling about what I wanted to say, and I wasn't really qualified to discuss real things out of America because I didn't grow up there.

I seem to attract and be attracted to very willful, fascinating people.

I'm not interested in trying to have people who might like other kinds of music follow me. I don't want to please them.

Growing up in public is a test, and not many people know how to do it.

Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and Ive been a guitar junkie ever since.

Coming from a working-class background, where my father did manual labor, was a good grounding; I was obsessed with getting a job or getting out of the house at 15.

Joining Modest Mouse was just consistent with what I used to do as a teenager: I followed where I thought I would make some interesting music.

The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.

Now chart music is a genre all of its own and it's slipped away from what I understand pop music as. It's pretty difficult to take; it clogs up the airwaves.

But I have seen the best of you and the worst of you, and I choose both

Plants are the original chemists. Their sophistication makes DuPont and Monsanto look like little kids with chemistry sets.

My real big Internet claim to fame is the fact that I was first to jailbreak the iPhone.

In the future there cannot be room for ambiguity. They have to make their position absolutely clear before they can expect anyone to respond to it.

Beware of that profound enemy of the free enterprise system who pays lip-service to free competition, but also labels every antitrust prosecution as a persecution.

I didn't work very much when they were young, and I had the luxury to be able to do that. Most people can't.

I believe a big part of leadership is about winning the moment.

But all the love in the world won't save a sinking ship. You have to either bail or jump overboard.

Only God gets things right the first time.

One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.