I get to swim in the ocean every single day, which is a very, very important thing to do to stay connected.

Within America, there are extremely different place. I'm not saying it's one homogenous color. It's obviously an incredible place. There's no other place like it, and it's incredibly diverse.

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

I think five percent of all songs can be love songs, and another five percent can be miscellaneous or political, but the rest should just be about medieval feminists.

You've got to be in a place where you can put your guard down. I've got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when you make art without putting your guard down.

If you have sensitivity then mysticism will be part of your life. It's a very beautiful thing and a very real thing but it's not something to not take seriously and it's not something to take seriously.

And because my teeth don't bite, I can take them out dancing I can take my little teeth out and show them a real good time