We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back to feudalism and I really don't want that. But I'm very far from being a socialist.

Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.

Here's how I understand music. If you can play the same bunch of noise twice, it's music. To go beyond that is supercilious and pontificating.

Analog, electronic, whatever it happens to be, I simply love and adore literally every aspect of making music.

I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one.

Any kind of history you read is basically the winning side telling you the others were bad.

I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion.