Some of the best records are the ones that really affect you the most - they're pure emotion and energy, and it's like you're in that person's brain. It's pretty cool.

Heed not Mephistopheles, my children, lest you suffer eternal damnation. When he whispers in your ear, turn away your head and hearken instead to the angel on your shoulder.

Be good. Do good. The devil wields no power over a good man.

Trying to say something is all you got in life.

The likelihood of one individual being right increases in direct proportion to the intensity to which others are trying to prove him wrong.

Not all people are ready to accept psychiatry as a normal branch of medicine. The general impression, as I believe, is that a man who needs a psychiatrist must be crazy.

All these kids who are growing up on Skrillex and all this digital music- what are they gonna think when they hear rock'n'roll?

Well, there are some who claim I'm more of one nation than another, but that's not true, Eddie. I'm of all nations, I play no favorites.

What excites me is the idea of doing a record that's pretty clean and focused on songs. I've rushed a lot with previous albums and there's not a rush now - it's not a race.

Everyone uses noise as a crutch sometimes - I've totally done it. But when you make a good-sounding record there's nothing there but you.

There's nothing harder than making a mellow, clean record. It's really scary. I can see why people would never want to do it.

Any impossibility turned into a possibility is magic.

I like being on my own. I mean, I'm sure a Pack’s best for some dogs, but I've walked alone since I left my Pup Pack. I can look after myself.

Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.

Why haven't you achieved your goals yet? What are your favorite excuses, and how do they hold you back?

Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.

I enjoy the work, I enjoy every minute of my professional life.

The sights I have just seen [at Buchenwald] are so unbelievable that I don't think I'll believe them myself until I've seen the photographs.

Awareness is a key ingredient in success. If you have it, teach it, if you lack it, seek it.

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

It's weird how you can make people feel comfortable, and then ask them an uncomfortable question, but it doesn't ruin their day.