I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.

The idea of not getting a gun is not because I'm afraid of guns, it's not because I think guns are wrong, it's because it's impractical, it's stupid and it's exactly what they want me to do.

With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.

I've listened to Dylan my entire life. My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff. It opened up a whole world of this music that I'm now obsessed with.

I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.

If it was never new and it never gets old, then it's a folk song

To be able to shut off your emotions drastically, I think that the only way you can do that is if you have some of sociopathic qualities.