It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to talk about music, it's all marketing, and that's part of a record, you gotta get it out there, people have gotta hear it, but you could do it in a way that's not repulsive.

I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one.

Books are cool, but knowledge without mileage doesn't mean anything to me.

I think Naomi Klein was very astute with her book 'Shock Doctrine.' We make money on disaster.

I am afforded a bit of easy wonderment in relative comfort as to how humans have lasted so long. Climate- and geography-wise, the planet seems to have little use for us.

Don’t think about it. Do it. Don’t talk about it. Do it.

I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave.