There are certain ways you have to delude yourself. Self-delusion is important, for instance in family life. You know what I mean? If you're in love with your wife you have to go in there with blind faith. You have to support everything. And with your kids, you have to believe that you're doing something that has higher purpose; even though you don't have any evidence that that's the way it's going to turn out.

Whether you reach a lot of people or have a profound impact on a few people, their memories of you are your afterlife.

I want some fact-based evidence about where we came from. Things we consider mysterious need not be attributed to a deity.

Dont take Portlandia too personally - Its just a stupid TV show

I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism.

....the songs are universal enough that in ten years time they should still hold up quite well.

When I create, I feel that I am a participant in the grand pageant of life, a part of the ongoing creative engine of the universe. I don't know if that feeling is enough to replace the solace of religion in the lives of most people, but it is for me.