I think everybody should just turn off their TV machines and make up their own songs about whatever comes to mind-their couch, their friends their loaves of bread. Everybody's got their own songs. There should be so many songs out there that it all turns into one big sound and we can put the whole thing into a pickup truck and let it roll off the edge of the Grand Canyon.

Somebody else is satisfied by five Bentleys. I'm satisfied by a beautiful string arrangement.

You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.

I've been arguing with people for 10 years about tape versus digital, and I believe tape is absolutely essential in getting the sound that's conducive to the enjoyment of music.

When you say 'state' you mean 'national.' National Socialism. That is what Mussolini and Hitler did. National Socialism. State Capitalism. They've changed the name.

I didn't want to do something typical.

I've personally reached the point where the sound of MP3s are so uncompelling, because so much is lost in translation.