I don’t pay attention to the world. I just have the art I like and the music I like and for me that’s the whole world

But for me if I'm gonna read about something I'd rather read a pamphlet or the instructions to a synthesizer than a book on Buddhism.

For me, living and making music, they're one thing. It's not like a job that I go to a studio to do, or a chore that I have to get myself in the mood to do, or something. It's the thing that I need to do every day.

The point is, I'm weird, but I never felt weird.

Yeah, I really like being alive. But I definitely don't have any intentions as an artist.

As long as you're excited about what you're playing, and as long as it comes from your heart, it's going to be great.

I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require a song.