Having unlimited choices can paralyze you creatively.

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.

Singing is a trick to get people to listen to music for longer than they would ordinarily.

I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else

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

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.

I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.