Some of the stuff I'm writing is almost like hymns, some of my first singing and choral experiences were in church, the Church of Christ in Hicksville.

You just sit home and masturbate. The phone is going to ring soon, but you just can't wait.

The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.

I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.

If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write.

Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.

I work with musicians whose opinions I respect and if they don't like something they don't hold back. They'll say, 'That really sucks' and 'You've lost it' and 'You're no good anymore.' And I crawl away with my tail between my legs and I fear that kind of ridicule, but I want them to like the music I'm bringing to them.