There's part of me that is a strict materialist.

The word "archive" seems so reassuring, but I'm not sure about these things that are now being called archives. Is anything lost by the fact that the word has come to mean so many more things.

The word 'archive' seems so reassuring, but I have a lot ofconcern over the longevity of documentary materials.

Records have always been the most extraordinary form of time travel for me, and that's why it matters to know when something was circulated, and if it had an audience of five or 50,000.

For me, it's good to have those dissimilar modes of songwriting sit side-by-side on a record, because they yield such different results.

I don't write poetry for the page because my inclination in that area is satisfied by songwriting. "Ornamental Hermit" was a comparatively effortless song to write, which is rare for me.

Action is king, but wisdom is queen.

Where is the culture of cleanliness?

Pretty soon I'll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure. The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.

the teenage zone: the stage when an adolescent's brain synapses quit firing while the rest of their body races toward adulthood.

When everything is visible and appears to be dumb, that's when the details take on larger meanings.

Life in community is no less than a necessity for us, an inescapable ‘must’all life created by God exists in communal order and works toward community.

I've been recognized in airports lots of places, but mostly getting recognized is at home.

I'm a coffee enthusiast. I try not to have too many bad habits.

If your opponent wants to fight, the fight will be very interesting not just for the audience, but for myself.

Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful