"The sun rises every morning and sheds light, vanquishing the night's darkness. The rooster also rises every morning only, unlike the sun, he simply makes noise. But the darkness of the night is dispelled by sunshine, not by the rooster's crowing. The world can use more light and less noise. Wherever I can, I want to be light."

“The blessing of this music is that it is fun to do and it keeps evolving.”

“Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age have left me naked to mine enemies.”

“The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves.”

“I don't think you ever stopped Bobby Orr. You contained Bobby Orr, but you never stopped him. When we played the Bruins and Bobby had to give up the puck, it was a good play.”

“My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.”

“... one pets what one degrades; and one has to support what one has enfeebled”

Source : Phyllis Bottome (1998). “The Mortal Storm”, p.13, Northwestern University Press

“I'm the policy-maker; I'm the lawmaker.”

“The world is this incredibly blurry, crazy dream that I'm just sort of stumbling through.”

Source : "Neutral Milk Hotel". Interview with Mike McGonigal, pitchfork.com. February 11, 2008.