We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from.

Morality should have to do with killing people or hurting them or stealing from them, but when it comes to adult choices, I don't see it.

I really, really like writing songs. Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it...Something that's written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

I get myself a gig somewhere, whether it's in a club, whether it's in a bar, it doesn't matter, and I just work on New Year's Eve because I always feel it's very symbolic for me for the next year, for the new year.

I don't think that the punk sound really became the punk sound until much later. The punk era wasn't really just one musical sound. There are a lot of differences among Television, the Ramones, and the Talking Heads.

I have a lot of regrets, but I'm not going to think of them as regrets.

We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from.