I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace

My mind is turning into kind of a fine gelatinous ball of pepper

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.

Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It turns it into a Sonic Youth song and completely away from it being a solo song.

Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame.

A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted.

I have to reign myself in a lot.