Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.

I've always strived to maintain a very healthy, friendly working situation, and lo and behold, it only took forty years, so the next sixty are looking bright. You're dealing with human beings on the cutting edge, and there's bound to be tension. You have to be make room for that, and you can't be too unreasonable, because that's everybody else's role.

I hate death; it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless.

I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong.

The real color of my hair is mouse. I always want to be ginger, which I was when I was born, or blond, because I live in L.A., and I want to look like I go surfing without any physical effort.

I keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though.

For me people are people, without meaning to sound corny, it's a plain natural fact, music is a universal language and I've always known that and observed that and treated music with great respect accordingly.