I guess in my own life, privacy, anonymity, and the mystery of being lost are important. I also feel that people are mysterious and complex no matter what they do, and no matter how hard they try to reveal their own mystery.

Now that Scotty has entered the realm of myth, everyone wants to own him. And maybe they should. Doesn't a myth belong to everyone?

I think ethical ambivalence is a kind of innoculation, a way of excusing yourself in advance for something you actually want to do. No offense.

I think, for one thing, all of us remember those teenage years and those songs that we fell in love with and the music scene that we were part of. So, in a certain way, music cuts through time like almost nothing else. You know, it makes us feel like we're back in an earlier moment.

We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not reading well.

Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better.

The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting to the digital age.