Our brokenness has no other beauty but the beauty that comes from the compassion that surrounds it.
MySpace is such a weird world to me. I don't have a MySpace account. The stuff that's up there, I didn't set any of it up. Fans set it up.
I record to my heart's content whatever I feel like.
I don't read liner notes and stuff, and I don't read articles very often.
I'm more of a perfectionist. I need to be sure everything is exactly where I would want it.
I've recorded a lot of vocals so far and I think they're kinda still in my own world, but I do have that urge sometimes. You want to push yourself to do other things.
I'm trying not to delve into my world of abstraction and self-indulgence. But I haven't. When I sit down and I try not to [be abstract], it comes out really forced and awkward.
When you're trying to free yourself from a religion that has been ingrained in you since childhood, it's more like ripping out your veins and tendons.
Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.
You can be in a state of mind for a few seconds and forget that you were ever in any other state of mind. That's what we mean by illusion.
The wonderful thing about sound is that it is invitational, so ultimately each person is going to find their own relation to the material.