My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns create the illusion of security. It's a form that has become common since 9/11, and even the government agencies that participate in this activity acknowledge,off the record, that it is indeed a species of theater.

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

I resent the implication that I'm less of a musician and a worse person for not appreciating certain works.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

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

I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it

I don't believe that crime, danger and poverty make for good art. That's bullshit.