I need an audience way more than an audience needs me.

I remind myself that the universe is 15 billion years old, and I'm only 46 years old, so my perspective is sort of limited and fear-based and skewed.

I've done the performing monkey stuff and massive breakdowns, it's just they weren't documented.

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

I feel compelled to make art that on one hand reflects and sometimes almost creates like a sense of comfort when confronted with the strangeness of the world.

For me to speak out against the war in Iraq, you know - most of my fans are lefties anyway, so I don't really get much flack for it.

All human belief systems are inherently flawed.