To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

Every time I read "serve", I understand "leadership".

There is a little word that we can say to others now. "Thank You Very Much".

The darkest hour of any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all.

Wisdom and white hair might not be as valued [in our society] as in different cultures.

Let my muse Fail of thy former helps, and only use Her inadulterate strength. What's done by me Hereafter shall smell of the lamp, not thee.

Sure the shovel and tongs To each other belongs.

I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.

When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.