I want to be enriched by the music I listen to. That's the reason it never really exists in the mainstream. Because that's not what most people are after.

When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music.

I've been part of running a label since I was a kid, so I understand how it works. But the more and more I learn about it, the less and less interested I am in it.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of my all-time favorite writers. I feel spiritual when reading his words, even though they're translated. I wish desperately that I could read it in its original language. I already feel like I'm going to church when I read him; imagine if I could read it in the original.

When people have real faith in something, it's fascinating to me. And the fact that so many people, in surveys, so many people say they do. It kind of blows my mind.

It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out.

Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what people think.