"In reality there is no cause or effect, there is only the indifference of the universe."

“People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.”

“Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be.”

“Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied, "All poets believe it does. And in ages of imagination, this firm persuasion removes mountains; but many are not capable of firm persuasion of anything.”

“I come from a painting background, and although my painting is completely different from my performances, there is something about the fundamentals of that training that transfers over to this idea of an exercise and being diligent about mapping something out in advance - even if it is just being aesthetically diligent.”

“The way I make music is just a reflection of how I think music should be made. Where you sit in a studio, and you make music, and you use technology to your advantage, not to hide all the blaring mistakes.”

“Cold - cold as truth, cold as life. No, nothing can be as cold as life.”

“I didn't start the business to make a pile of money. I did it to preserve myself for old age.”

“I pretend something scary is in front of me.”