When you quit school at an early age, I think you have a lifelong need to show the world - and maybe yourself - that you're really smart after all.

If everything that ever lived is dead, and everything alive is gonna die...where does the sacred part come in?

The only good thing about religion is the music. Because nature is filled with balances and opposites, there are always exceptions to the overall rules, whether the overall rules are bleak or otherwise. If you propound a joyous theory of existence, I will find an exception to that. If I propound a bleak theory, someone will find a joyous exception. That's just nature being nature, I think, and I don't think it offers a lot of hope. It's sort of a respite along the way.

The future will soon be a thing of the past.

When you're high, it's easy to kid yourself about how clever certain mediocre pieces of material are.

A dog has no shame. If he can do it, you can watch.

If you've got a cat and a leg, you've got a happy cat. If you've got a cat and two legs, you've got a party.