Real sadness is such an all-encompassing intense thing that it takes you out of your humdrum existence. If you can still function, you want to show it while it's peaking. So when people tell you to cheer up, it's not always the best thing.

Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community.

Things fall apart, it's scientific.

That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you.

I'm very much into making lists and breaking things apart into categories.

I always think the everyday is more relevant than anything too grand because we all have to deal with it.

Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?