There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.

I gave myself over to music and art a long time ago, so I don't get to relax and I don't get to sit still. The best I can do is constantly create my own environment so it benefits what I need to accomplish in the next step.

I think you can't really escape any kind of spiritual education as a child, whether it's New Age or Judaism or Buddhism or whatever it is. You can't escape it, even if you completely disagree with it, you still have it as a foundation that you base things off of.

A riff can take on the aspect of a chorus in a listener's psyche.

If you emphasize one part of the song, it trivializes the rest of the music.

I love him (Muse) too much, and you can't hurt someone that you love that much . . . unless you're family.

I never wanted to play guitar when I was younger. I wanted to be a drummer because everybody plays guitar, and I didn't want to do what everybody else wanted to do.