It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it.

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell, he's really nice, he's blossomed'.

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance.

The best thing you can give someone is the freedom to make their own mind up - and then, if it's not working out 5 years later, you can give your opinion.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine someone watching a boot stamping on a human face - forever...and ‘liking’ it.

If you're passionate about life, and you love what you do, you learn how to organize yourself and switch your various sides on and off.

The Middle East is totally destabilized. A total and complete mess.

An eagle uses the negative energy of a storm to fly even higher.

There is another kind of wisdom, the wisdom of following - the wisdom of not taking the lead with your ego.

No no there wasn't any planned 14th season, we all saw the writing on the wall. The ratings had been going down and so fourth, that curve goes on every show and in everybody's life.

At the end of every diet, the path curves back to the trough.

What was it like working with John Carmack on Quake? Like being strapped onto a rocket during takeoff – in the middle of a hurricane.

The landscape you grow up in speaks to you in a way that nowhere else does.

Generosity is the key to all relationships. To friendships and bands. That's the golden rule.