What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.

For all that "I was lost, I am found," it is probably more accurate to say, "I was really lost, I'm a little less so at the moment.

There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them.

Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the world around them. I'm always chasing that.

Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.

At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.