May we all emerge from winter with our strength renewed and any unwanted pieces left under the ice.

Young people like to feel self-righteous, like they're on the right side of things.

I do have a romantic interest in outlasting everybody else. There's a sort of sad machismo to singer-songwriters, I think.

[Robert] Aikman would write horror stories that weren't gore, they weren't slashers, and they weren't monster stories either. He called them ghost stories. The main thing about them was the vibe. It was really disquieting. He wanted to sketch the scene so that you could see it and know the characters and get a feel for the motion - and then ask yourself why and not get a final answer. Leave something that itches. I loved that!

Diagnoses exist to help get people services they need - but there's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill.

In death metal, a lot of guys are Eddie Van Halen disciples, but they take his style to really expressionistic places. It's a real pleasure for me to hear people pushing their craft.

Labor for a lot of people has a negative connotation. But not for me. I always want to be working.