Touring is really a weird social experiment, even though everyone thinks it's a party every day.

I think that music and art and film, at their best, can connect with something that is eternal in human beings, that might not have so many labels on it, something that's ultimately universal and that may just be a feeling.

Regarding race or gender or sexuality, one of the great things about art and music is that they can provide people with very little else in common with a similar entry point for discussion, but the discussions still need to happen for life to get more interesting.

I feel like people just let each other live a little more in New York.

I probably couldn't have the same experience listening to that song because I'm self-conscious about some of my singing parts.

No one wanted a job. No one could hold a job. You tend to see those going hand in hand.

You can physically move yourself around but there's that great line that Adam wrote: "Does it define for life, like print of thumb?" I think it does.