I am speechless about the idea of putting music fans in jail for downloading music. It is wrong to illegally download, but the answer cannot be jail. Here in America we create new opportunities out of adversity, not punitive laws, and we should look to new technologies like Apple's new Music Store for solutions. This way, innovation continues to be the hallmark of America. It is the fans that drive the success of the music business. ~On The RIAA, From a statement released after a proposed legislation which would make file swapping of pirated music and software a crime, July 2003

I don't think that Mr [Jarvis] Cocker truly understood what I was doing. It wasn't like I was saying 'I am Jesus', I was just drawing some parallels between Ch…

Lies run sprints but the truth runs marathons. ~From a statement released soon after his arrest, November 2003.

If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written. ~People Magazine, 1988

On-line service providers and others have a key role to play in freeing cyberspace of the taint of copyright lawlessness. Accountability for copyright violatio…

Hack the hardware, not the Constitution.

When these guitar mags bring up that stuff up and say such and such came up with this and that which is pushing the boundaries, I just say, 'let's step back fo…