I think the future and the past are equally hypothetical.

Acknowledging the lucky breaks are paramount to enjoying life. Not being defensive about our successes/failures. So, in short.

The idea that things used to be better is fantasy. It's putting a halo on something that no one can disprove.

I think that's why art prevails: because it helps people in a fairly intangible, magical way feel more connected to each other.

I grew up with a rotary phone in my house and that seems a world away, but that's what I was used to as a kid. So now things seem complicated to me, but to kids born right now, they don't feel complicated.

I remember somebody saying, "I feel really bad for kids growing up around iPads right now. It's just too complicated. Life's too complicated." I think, yeah, but I remember being a kid and holding up a new piece of technology that was made in the '80s and my grandparents going, "Oh, it's too complicated." It didn't seem complicated to me.

Sometimes I just don't have time to wait for the muse to come, so I've developed things to force the muse to come back.