When you present people with things from the heart and from the soul, they make better choices: They make better choices about their bodies, they make better choices about their partners, they make better choices about the environment.

You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again.

I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want...and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God.

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

The Killer in me is the Killer in you.

I'm like the Fugitive, running from the one-armed indie-rock community!

For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.