You need to believe in something that's bigger than yourself. I think that's what everybody wants to believe in that.

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like

I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.

If you can make art with sound, can't you make music with objects?

Eye was a great discovery. He is one of the great vocalists of all time.

We're not on the outside looking in, we're on the outside looking out.

I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies.

I feel like there are messages. I feel like there are angels. I feel that there is a legacy and an energy. And I feel that it's possible to tap into that.

It's a matter of keeping people on a spontaneous edge.

I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way

One of the reasons I started Tzadik, which is my own label, is to keep things in print. I got tired of labels dropping things out of print when they don't sell.

Any system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly.

The real you is not you

keep in mind what choices you make because one day your going to have to face you loved ones and hear what they have to say.

Accomplishment of your dreams requires personal sacrifice and hardworking.May the you have a determined spirit, will power and a great passion for the accomplishment of your dreams.

Don't judge someone's choices without first knowing their reason.

Disenchantment is the blessing of becoming yourself.

Re-investing in one's own little moments of insight is very important

My curiosity sister of larks.

At every moment, you have the opportunity to crap out. The world will always tell you to play it safe and just be dead.

Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.