I think phone cases will always be novelties, but there's always so many interesting phone cases I like phone cases and I think the sillier the better - but this is a cool take on it.

I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music.

Obstacles are an opportunity to create something new

I don't care about having money. It's about being happy, man.

There's been not a dime spent on marketing for any record I've ever put out.

No one worries about genre when they're dancing. They're not asking themselves, 'Is this song a dubstep song?'

I prefer the gloominess to the sun. I don't know why.

If I can win grammys then that means all you yet to be seen bedroom geniuses will one day TAKEOVER THE WORLD

There is a lot of music out there that you can play side by side and you can't hear the personality - that has a timeline on it, for sure.

I don't like being overexposed. I don't like being on covers. And I don't like people talking about me.

I don't like hype cluttering art.

The best music I have ever heard is the sound of my daughter’s giggling.

And Milo, full of thoughts and questions, curled up on the pages of tomorrow's music and eagerly awaited the dawn.

No duh, Susan said. You are like a walking vault of things you don't tell people. People who have secrets should pay you to hold on to them for them. You could be like a secret bank.

... desperate times required judicious risk-taking.

There are three answers to prayer: yes no and wait awhile. It must be recognized that no is an answer.

Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings.

We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity.

Good writing is about finding and exploiting anecdotes that resonate with the reader. In storytelling, it's OK if you only make one point, as long as it's a good one.

To die should be the most interesting journey of all the journeys a person can take.

There's a certain group of people who are always going to dislike me and disagree with whatever I say.