I'm pretty much a realist. There's a certain age you get to when you're not really going to be shown anymore.

All I want to do with my life is try and make music that I really love, and so every day I try and work on music.

If we base our belief systems on the humble assumption that the complexities of the world are ontologically beyond our understanding, then maybe our belief systems will make more sense and end up causing less suffering.

I was trying to convince myself I could learn to be gay - but no. That's one of my great regrets.

It's sometimes too easy to point fingers when circumstances dramatically go awry, but as an addict, I'm ultimately responsible for my own decisions, no matter how benign or tragic the consequences.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

At the risk of sounding pedestrian, I'll be completely honest: the first thing I do in the morning is check Google News, partially because it seems sort of random and unbiased and partially because I tend to stay in hotels that don't necessarily have the fastest Internet connections.