What really turns me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The revolution - this revolution - is much bigger than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing.

If I don't understand it, it must be art.

Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?

Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later

In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.

The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.

The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know, occasionally, people will come up to me on the street and try to, you know, ingratiate themselves and call me Paul. I don't like it, actually.