You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

I love getting into a studio with a bunch of friends. When the day's done, we've made something. We recognize that we're from different walks of the music industry, and there's no reason we shouldn't be collaborating. That's what I'm trying to create with thenewno2 - a sense of community.

It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music I didn't want to mess up before.

I've grown up around cinema. Michael Kamen was a very, very close friend of mine, sort of my godfather. So I know how much work goes into it. You have to know what you're doing.

Websites are kind of useless. There's so much great web content and design out there, but the ways in which they are being experienced are not being maximized.

Everyone's seen the Beatles.

I'm a huge Wu-Tang fan.