I'm one of those people that if you're told that if you put your hand in the fire, you'll burn your hand, I won't listen.

I didn't want to make a record that was just guitar and voice, that was just the technology available to me. At the time, I remember thinking, "I am making a Faust album." That didn't translate.

The best New York in the world is driving down the [Pacific Coast Highway] listening to the Velvet Underground. That's the best time I've ever been to New York.

Some people like to say serendipitous. I like to say magical.

Having friends who are records nerds - that's the best thing you can do, have a record-geek friend to take you far.

I've always noticed talking about lyrics is like talking about a duality. It's like a Gemini time every time I talk about one line. Because each line, of course, means different things to different people, millions of interpretations. With me, I always see two sides. I just see things split into two.

I heard somebody say that the war ended today, but everybody knows it's going still.