I've dated attractive people and I don't find a correlation between amorous enthusiasm and beauty and public figure status.

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 leaders job is to shepherd, not necessarily to always shine.

Jesus, is Gamache hiring fetuses now?

He hated himself, " Gwen said. "You just got caught in the cross fire.

Boxing is the most beautiful thing after women.

Freedom is not constituted primarily of privileges but of responsibilities.

I'd come into town from the bush - after 28 years of field work in natural systems - and become an academic. So I turned my attention to humans, much as I had to possums in the forests.

I have the absolute confidence not to be number two, but then I have enough sense to realize that there can be no number one.

The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer, songwriter, or find a singer to develop.

There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.

He accepts his Personal Legend completely.