"Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction."

"All I'm gonna do is just go on and do what I feel."

"I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan."

"It's funny how most people love the dead, once you're dead your made for life."

"Love is the bridge that unites two souls across the chasms of mortal solitude. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge."

"As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that."

"Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy."