Short people got no reason to live.

Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind.

If we'd had another carefree 70s, I'd have been dead. It was a little too carefree, you know? I don't know how carefree they were for me, I think I was worried then, I can't remember what about.

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.

I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.

God bless the potholes on Memory Lane.

I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.

You've got troubles, I've got 'em too. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you. We'll stick together to see it through cause you've got a friend in me.

People become who they are. Even Beethoven became Beethoven.

You keep wondering whether people will see that Barack Obama is a liar and not very bright.

It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.

Even now I can’t describe the fear that contaminated my blood like black ink.

Take this one in my belly. He (or she) is determined to be here. I can feel the force of his being. It's as if he has something to do here and just wants to arrive and grow up so he can get to it.

When you have to make a choice and don't make it that is in itself a choice.

For every Way there's a way of following that Way that's fun

Basketball also helps you learn to move your feet by playing defense and guarding guys, and that all carries over to playing football with staying square and having good footwork.

What I thought was unreal now, for me, seems in some ways to be more real than what I think to be real, which seems now to be unreal

Luck ran out, but smart was for life.

I'm not a huge fan of covers in general, but collaborations always make them more fun - they're sort of neutral territory.

Dreams are things that could potentially be treating you as a pupil to teach you things so when you wake up, you'll be able to handle certain elements from those dreams in a better way.

I prefer writing originals.