People will do odd things if you give them money.

The two biggest self-deceptions of all are that life has a 'meaning'and each of us is unique.

Always be skeptical about simplicity.

There's something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was recorded, what year it was done, what they were listening to, and all this kind of stuff. There's something that invites all this obsessive behavior.

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law.

People will do odd things if you give them money.