I'm no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little bit of Brooklyn.

I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit.

With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as a form even in the download age because bands conform to a strict format, and work, often very productively, within the parameters.

I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff.

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

People will remember you better if you always wear the same outfit.

The Heads were the only band on that scene that had a groove.