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.

A little touch of chaos and danger makes a city sexy.

I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on?

There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop.

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.

Science's job is to map our ignorance.

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