"It seems like a lot of music today is so churned out and simple."

"It's really cool to see glowsticks at the show, to see dance music culture infiltrating and becoming one with the metal community."

"I've been a fan of electronic music since the beginning."

"The White House used to be, everybody looked up at the White House and America and everything, and now I think it's like a house of shame."

"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman."

"I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation."

"I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person."

"To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy."