I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come.

If I hadn't of had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?

Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.

I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape.

Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.

I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.

I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.