I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster.

For years we have been taught not to like things. Finally somebody said it was OK to like things. This was a great relief. It was getting hard to go around not liking everything.

I'm drawn to the stuff that's maybe a little bit on the fringe. Part of that is just practical sometimes. We can't compete with the major labels for some acts, so you figure, "Okay, what could I introduce to people, or what do I like that is within my means?"

The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying.

I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time.

Is giving in to the photographer's presumably natural impulse to compose and light well sometimes okay and not okay other times?

I love writing. I don't claim to be great at it. Occasionally I get a good sentence off. But I love the activity.