Get rid of the shitty sound. Life's too short.

I think one of the things which always is forgotten in music class, is the first thing you have to do as a musician is you have to learn how to listen.

A violin is nothing more than a piece of wood and a dead cat. But it's a piece of technology. So when computers came along, in the '70s, I suddenly thought, hang on a second, this is interesting. These things can become an instrument. So I just became very interested in them, and started, playing with electronics.

What are you going to do when you are not saving the world.

You can only make a good noise on the guitar if you're committed. Little careful noise doesn't work. You have to be bold.

America is a magical place, and I think my job, or the job of a lot of us European filmmakers is to just hold up America to Americans and present it to you in a new way. All I wanted to do is in a funny way say, "Look at your country. It's magnificent."

I'm homeless, in a funny way. My culture I think is completely rooted in German 19th century music I suppose.