Those who can ask without shame are viewing themselves in collaboration with-rather than in competition with-the world.

When you connect with people, they want to help you.

I don't feel at home in New Orleans. I don't feel at home in Austin or L.A. And I just felt immediately at home in northern Australia.

I think one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone is just access to the possibility of freedom that you don't have to be totally depressed and enslaved by your own environment.

Nobody ever sees me. Thank you.

It's fine for people to say, "If you can't stand the heat and if you can't stand the criticism, then just don't use the Internet"; unfortunately, that is not an option. The Internet is where we make our living and where we make our work, especially if we're independents and we cannot afford to not engage, because that's where our business is driving from. It's just not an option.

The stage show is, in some sense, highly theatrical. It's definitely not just a band in jeans playing rock and roll.