I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.

Well, Marx is having a comeback. I hear him mentioned a lot in terms of the global financial situation and the general sense of injustice out there. A lot of economic experts in America refer to him without actually using the M word, but he's around.

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

One knew in advance that life in New York would not be easy‚ but there were cheap rents in cold-water lofts without heat‚ and the excitement of being here made up for those hardships. I didn't move to New York to make a fortune.

I've noticed that when I am selling a lot of records, certain things become easier. I'm not talking about getting a table in a restaurant.

Life tends to be an accumulation of a lot of mundane decisions, which often gets ignored.

The more you know, the more you know you don't know and the more you know that you don't know.