I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.

I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen.

I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.

There was a time where I was the youngest one in any group, and now when I turn around sometimes, I'm the oldest one in every group. It just seemed to flip-flop one day - it wasn't a gradual thing.

If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go.

I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll.

There are a few people that I always say, "Hey, what do you think of this?" The minute that you know that you want this particular person to hear it, you know that you're pretty much done - although you're doing it to hear some feedback. It's a smart move to know whose ears you want.