I would like for people to appreciate the album musically whether they knew how it was made or not.

I want to make albums that are like a Murakami novel or a Terrence Malick film - something that explicitly states its own world.

I feel like if I do my homework practice-wise, by the time I get to the studio I can put everything exactly where I want it to be right away.

Never had a ska phase, but I was in a very grunge-like rock band that awkwardly had an alto sax in it.

I guess this is a message for those of you who contemplate permanent solutions to temporary problems. You never know what could be coming in the future. There is so much music you've yet to hear.

Steam in an open space would just simply scatter in different directions. Steam contained in an engine can move a whole train. Success comes from One-pointedness and Constancy of Aim and Effort.

I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches to be joined together later, but I have never felt the slightest desire to do this.

It's in our blind trust that love will find us, just like it has before.

The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish.

There is no other labor in all the world that brings to a human heart, judging from my own personal experience, more joy, peace and serenity than proclaiming the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ

If I lose control, you'll be the first to know." "I'm quite perturbed by the idea.

People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don't admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It's the novelist privilege to see how odd everyone is.

It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position

That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.