The idea of making music from an imaginary culture was to give ourselves a set of restrictions and parameters within which to work. Otherwise, we might have just gone on all kinds of creative detours, some of which might have been interesting. But better we confine ourselves to something.

The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.

I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously.

The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes over?

I should watch network television, or daytime television, because I'm not sure who all these people are who keep getting referred to in blogs and newspapers. I better get myself culturally attuned.

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around.

Rich people will travel great distances to look at poor people.