Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like ... only a freak. A freak among other freaks

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.

I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.

Everything means nothing to me

I truly hope the future will bring me something to feel nostalgic about, because there's really nothing much so far I can remember fondly.

Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that.

Music is worth doing just because. It doesn’t have to be justified by some political point of view, and it’s kind of insulting to the music to make it a tool for something else.

Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I better stop now before I start crying. Go off to sleep in the sunshine...I don't want to see the day when its dying.

There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.

Don’t be deceived by the spirit of complacency and think you have achieved enough. Try to become better than you’ve been.

Virtue comes by nature, learning, and practice, and thanks to virtue, all of the aforesaid may deserve approval.

There are a million ways of arriving at a performance, any number of them solid.

When you receive Christ into your heart, He cannot be taken away from you!

I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character.

Number one rule in Hollywood is to maintain relationships with successful people, and you may find yourself involved in some very cool projects.

There may be a jump on electronic LSD with virtual reality, and the problem just with saying LSD, enough time has gone by that there is no distinction between psychedelics and other drugs.

If a man doesn't know death, he doesn't know life.

I want to inspire people to desire to see the praise that comes from the one and only true God. Above all else. That is what God has laid on my heart and the message that I bring to you.