The music usually occurs to me as a complete sound, and then I have developed the skill of being able to translate that into a fully realized song.

The things that keep me awake at night are things like textures and instrumentation and plotting out what things are going to do and what the sounds are that I'm trying to capture.

There's always room for improvement. I'm always focused on the results, and those are the precise things that I don't really experience as a part of the performance.

I dont think I threw myself into music because I had the best intentions; it was because I was really angry.

I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

I love everybody. You have to embrace all facets of humanity; love and accept everyone as being part of yourself.

I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show.

I'm not dissatisfied, just not satisfied in an ultimate sense.

I never see songs as permanent. I'm always in a state of revising everything.

My goal is to make something special and pure, and that keeps me going, keeps me busy on the path of sobriety.

I procrastinate, and I push writing to the last available moment, because I don't like to settle on anything. I guess you can call it indecision or you can call it holding out for inspiration.

The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.

The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

I'm dealing with my drinking problem and I have a reputation for getting things done.

Change terrifies people. They like new, but they don't like new with change.

Imagination builds the image of the self, and thought then functions within its shadows. From this self-concept grows the conflict between what is and what should be, the conflict in duality.

A less-than dream job can help you find your dreams.

South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.

The worse that could happen has already happened to me.

It was important to me to have a wedding and walk in white, because sometimes we feel that at a certain age you should act a certain way. You can find love at any age. You just have to go for it.

Huh? Windows was designed to keep the idiots away from Unix so we could hack in peace. Let's not break that.