I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven in L.A.

The best bands kept making records and had this evolution, where by the end, by their commercial phase or sellout phase, the records are from outer space.

I have a hard time repeating myself.

I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and records and being in the studio.

I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.

Im still an idealist. My manager is always trying to talk me out of it, but thats just the way I am.

If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.

I like to find an artist who inspires me and get into their world and challenge them.

It's been said to me that I'm self-destructive because I'll walk away from things that are good.

I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and what isn't okay to do.

The goal is to make something that sounds new and different.

When you look up and don’t see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them.

Some men may be snared by beauty alone, but none can be held except by virtue and compliance.

You've never seen this country It's not the way you thought it was Look again.

Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down.

Before you can really start setting financial goals, you need to determine where you stand financially.

I care what 51 percent of the people think about me.

Aim for a star, and keep your sights high! With a heart full of faith within, your feet on the ground and your eyes in the sky.

Good exercise for the heart: reach out and help your neighbor

Pearls ... have a way of dying when separated from their owner.

I had to go to Europe to tour and he died on the second day of the tour.