If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.

The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records.

I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky.

I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you.

Love is two minutes and fifty-two seconds of squishy sounds.

I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable.

I've been asked over the years to compile a list of desert-island discs. I couldn't do that. If I was trapped on a desert island, I don't think I'd want 10 songs to bring with me.