I pretty much draw the line when people want you to do original music for commercials.

It is better to live presently. By living thus, perhaps we can learn to understand the nature of this fragile coexistence we share with the world around us.

It's hard for us to talk about how we disdain file-sharing when in fact it probably has been a great resource for us.

When everybody is playing at the same level, there's so much more noise. And there's less incentive for the people who should be rising above that noise to take time and invest in what they're doing. It just becomes about hustling and grabbing attention.

I pretty much draw the line when people want you to do original music for commercials.

Pop music has always adopted the style of marrying upbeat melodies to dour lyrics.

An old bandit adage: A bell is a cup until it is struck.