You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.

Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.

You really only understand whether a song's good or not when you properly play it out in public for the first time.

Why play a chord when you can play one note?

Boho to me is a first-year student who's just discovered the tie-dye shop.

If I was a fan of someone as a teenager, then it's OK for me to feel completely in awe when I meet them.

Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing is complex ideas communicated concisely. And music - if it's a good tune, make sure people can bloody hear it!