I wish I could have hung out with Patti Smith in the seventies, and also have some crazy times.

I think I'd like to be best friends with Björk, because I'd like to pick her brain a lot all the time and just have weird times together.

There are plenty of bands who never get in the charts and it doesn't mean that they're not any good. Actually, a lot of the top ten is filled with stuff that just sounds the same. I could guess what's in there now - probably a bit of GaGa, Beyonce and some U.S. R&B males.

If I've got Writer's Block it generally means that I don't have that much to say or something's not quite connecting. I have had Writer's Block a bunch of times and it's generally because I'm not able to write down what I'm feeling basically. Mostly, I just need to be alone really, or be with someone who can bring that out of me.

I wrote a lot of poetry that was based on stories of the sea and I was really inspired by that.

One of the most powerful feelings in the world is after a really, really long run.

Christmas in L.A. is weird. There's no snow. It's not even cold.