You have to collaborate with the moment and the environment. It kind of was magnified by the house being a studio.

Now if I lived in my land, which I do, if I lived in Iceland, if I lived in Greensland I'd still have Chinese children, but out of my ears my little grey baby hears.

It only takes one profound experience to change somebody's life.

We live in an age where many things are working hard to conk us out and anesthetize us. Anything we can do to shake us out of that- with no other purpose than to wake us- is valuable.

There is something to mystery. You make up this entire world that you fit into because of what the actual music does to you.

Of course, before the internet people found records, too. You can still do it. It's just that people like to make the least amount of effort as possible.

In my little world, I'm very protected 'cause I'm treated like the idiot I am by my buddies. But, a little bit outside that world, people sometimes expect heavy things from me. For a little time, I tried to appease and not disappoint people but in the end you're just going to kill yourself and fail if you're trying to give more than you are.