"Water is a means to an end, not an end in itself."

“There is no accounting for tastes, as the woman said when someone told her her son was wanted by the police.”

“My pain is usually caused by some sort of attack on my ego. So usually, pain is an indication of something that, eventually, I'm going to want to transcend. But sometimes pain is just pain that you sit through. I find it can have a really exhilarating effect.”

Source : "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros | Alex Ebert Interview". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“A mobile is an abstract sculpture made chiefly out of sheet metal, steel rods, wire and wood. Some or all of these elements move, propelled by electric motors, wind, water or by hand.”

“I don't have any doubts that I need writing. I need it personally because this is the way I think.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.”

Source : "Eddie Van Halen Donates 75 Guitars To Los Angeles Schools" by Eddie Van Halen Donates 75 Guitars To Los Angeles Schools, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 12, 2012.

“[R]eductionism' is one of those things, like sin, that is only mentioned by people who are against it. To call oneself a reductionist will sound, in some circles, a bit like admitting to eating babies. But, just as nobody actually eats babies, so nobody is really a reductionist in any sense worth being against.”

“I can be dramatic. I can be funny. I can be sexy. I can be sad. I can be glad.”

“Art - my slats! Guts! Guts! Life! Life! I can paint with a shoe-string dipped in pitch and lard.”