I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, that's so beautiful, all those painted characters, all those travels and adventures.

Every morning I wake up with a purpose and a smirk

You're using your headphones to drown out your mind

I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen to, but I don't care so much that I won't do whatever the hell I want. It's just one of those things.

I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved

The piano is not firewood -- yet.

So break me to small parts, let go in small doses, but spare some for spare parts.

I've got a perfect body, 'cause my eyelashes catch my sweat

Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light.

I'm much more drawn to fiction, to short stories, and to plays, than I am to diarists.

I don't really make records chronologically.

What is success anyway? Is success about making the most money? No. Money, for the most part, turns people into jerks.

Well, I was in a band. I was the singer with a band called the Soul Satisfiers. I sang then quite a bit of Jazz and some Top 40 stuff.

I have done hard jobs in the past, and acting isn't one of them.

My life could have been so grim really, really grim.

Forever be happy, never be content, and always know the difference.

An employer verification system must be implemented to ensure jobs are not given to illegal immigrants.

My job changes very little because I've found that the more you try to be funny, the less funny you become.

If you allow failure to take on more of a role in your life than possible, then you'll always look at it on the defense and you'll always shoot yourself down before it even goes anywhere.

The camera is much more than a recording apparatus, it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.

We need just two players to be a contender. Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.