"The key to skeleton is to find the line, and I think I spend most of training figuring out where that sweet spot is."

“Happiness is a specific. Misery is a generalization. People usually know exactly why they are happy. They very rarely know why they are miserable.”

“On the subject of the feminist business, I just never think...of qualities which are specifically feminine or masculine. I suppose I divide people into two classes: the Irksome and the Non-Irksome without regard to sex. Yes and there are the Medium Irksome and the Rare Irksome.”

“I tend to like to write a song and then think about it for a while. I record a demo of it and then put it away and wait until I've gotten more thoughts on it or get sure exactly how to approach it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.”

“We make fun of those we're most scared of becoming.”

Source : Neil Strauss (2011). “Emergency: One man's story of a dangerous world, and how to stay alive in it”, p.30, Canongate Books

“All songs have those X factors. I couldn't even explain or describe what will grab me about them but it's all music that I'm usually listening to. I'm always looking there to hear new music and see what's going on so that's usually when I'll hear something and be like "Wow, that melody is really crazy.”

“The people who matter will recognize who you are.”

“I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk.”