My main interest is just to work with people who have beautiful, interesting, emotive voices; I'm not too concerned whether someone is famous.

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.

I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.

If there are dominant teams, people enjoy discussing whether that's good or bad for the game, and if there aren't any dominant teams, then people enjoy discussing that.

There may be times in a girl's life when it's better to be boyless, but there's no need to be joyless. Or toyless.

Every interpersonal situation has a solution in which everyone wins.

When you disarm your subjects, however, you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of faith, you distrust them; and either conclusion will induce them to hate you.

The good news is that more than ever, value accrues to those that show up, those that make a difference, those that do work that matters.

It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.

It's nice when you put in a lot of hard work and you're recognized and a few people appreciate what you've done.

Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.

Old Time the clock-setter.