Oh, man, oh how I wish I didn't smoke or drink to reason with my head.

Don't convince yourself you're over, don't convince yourself you're done, just because the things around you seem heavy, doesn't mean you can't get off this ground.

Sometimes it's nice to be able to reflect on the music itself and then write lyrics that I feel anyone can relate to. It's not my dreaming tree that is dead. The feeling of a loss of hope is universal. There are moments that we've all felt a little bit of it, so I don't think it is something that is too hard to identify with.

The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master.

I think some people would say that I do overwhelm the words with the music, and sometimes thank goodness I do.

I'm glad some people have that faith. I don't have that faith. If there is a God, a caring God, then we have to figure he's done an extraordinary job of making a very cruel world.

I find sometimes it's easy to be myself, sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else.