"I suggest we learn to love ourselves before it's made illegal."

"We are very fortunate to live in this country, but at the same time, the reason the forces are so much more destructive here is because they are faceless."

"Big Brother is watching... look busy."

"I'll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It's a natural form of expression for me, the same way I draw and write and sing."

"Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money."

"It's great to want to be part of something, but it's a different thing completely to believe wholly in some type of movement, and to give everything for that something."

"I have always idolized eccentric people."

"I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to the creative life of an artist."

"Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn't come out the same if we're not really excited about it."