I see a lot of people doing an "'80s thing" who weren't even born until the '90s.

The same people that always think I'm pretentious will think I'm pretentious, and the people who relate to me will continue to relate to me.

If you're not Jay-Z, a record leaking isn't going to affect you.

I want the music to be heard as close to when I made it, as much as possible. I don't want to get into some "future of the music industry" thing, or where I stand on digital this or that, but I think it's ridiculous that a lot of people in the industry plan so far ahead that it makes a lot of improvisation impossible and makes a lot of people's expectations fixed and not fluid.

I like my solitude, and I'm a strong-willed person; I'm a very hard-to-be-around person sometimes, I guess.

I used to be a lot more engaged on an improvisational level than other people. I was always on tour and always had a guitar in my hands, and when I went back home, my battery was at full charge. I had a lot of energy to get off, just impulses that I could draw upon.

I don't leave my room, and all I am surrounded by are guitars and equipment, y'know? It's not always the best place to be.