It's more about the stuff you think about when you're getting from place to place on a bicycle than it is about actually riding the bicycle.

I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'

As music becomes less of a thing--a cylinder, a cassette, a disc--and more ephemeral, perhaps we will begin to assign an increasing value to live performances again.

The world isn't logical, it's a song.

One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail.

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

All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.