Take dance music: I like enough of it and its history to be able to say a word or two about this or that record, but I'm nobody's authority.

Everybody experiences reality in a way that's only true for them.

Life is hard, you're tired, and there's disease. The strategy that works for children is to be delighted by the things that delight you.

There are so many ways to respond to music besides feeling like someone's communicating with you. It gives me a charge.

People involved in my personal life make fun of me a lot for not being jaded.

Labor for a lot of people has a negative connotation. But not for me. I always want to be working.

The process of touring is always so weird to me. Once you've made the album, that's over, you move along.