I like being vegan, I think it’s good for my health.
Nothing can stop us now ’cause we are all made of stars.
There is a long and interesting tradition of really marginal left-field music that becomes commercially successful. And I will, for a brief minute, fit into that tradition.
When I do have time to work on music, I’m kind of selfish, and would rather work on my own stuff than someone else’s.
This isn’t like naming your dog Spot.
I remember New York in the ’80s as a place with vacant lots that would eventually give over to nature. Weeds would grow up, squirrels would move in. That entropy is gone now. It’s too expensive to let a vacant lot go natural.
In a perfect world, I would be 6-foot-3 and have a perfect head of hair and look like Orlando Bloom.
As long as the world continues to be strange and interesting, I still want to take pictures of it.
Being a vegan is pretty easy these days, as almost every town and city has health food stores and vegetarian-friendly restaurants.
I truly don’t judge other people’s actions. But I think that factory farming is an abomination.
But at the same time, I don’t let myself regret things to the point that I’m paralyzed.
David Lynch is my friend, and I love his movies and his art and his music. Few things make me happier than working with him.
For me to speak out against the war in Iraq, you know – most of my fans are lefties anyway, so I don’t really get much flack for it.
There are so many musicians, friends of mine, who play shows for ten people a night, or always desperately wanted a record contract. So even if every person on the planet loathes me, I have nothing to complain about. My job is not a bad job, so I can’t complain.
Growing up in Connecticut, all the Colonial houses looked alike. In Los Angeles, the diversity is so extreme, it’s baffling.
Have I dated a supermodel? Of course not. I’d look ridiculous.
I always feel kind of absurd and presumptuous presenting a speech.
The moment a career is on a quantitative downswing, your loathsomeness is sort of attenuated.
I buy things with the best of intention of living in them and then life intercedes.
Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good book.