"When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture."

"The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top, it's the ones who aim for two notches below the top."

"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich."

"There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it."

"Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out."

"The art of living is discovering that the legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."

"Patience is a virtue because the silence between the notes creates the music."

"I genuinely don't feel that anything that's been written or said about me has overshadowed my music, and that's the most important thing as far as I'm concerned."