Things begin, things decay, and you've got to find a way to be okay.

Music looks very formidable to people outside of it and it looks like it's this realm of spooky genius.

I get to be a musician with my life, so it doesn't even matter if I'm good in it. It means at the very least, I'm pulling the wool over everyone's eyes consistently enough. And I put food on the table, and have work to do.

The people I choose to work with, I work with because I'm already impressed with them.

[Brion calls his working relationship with West a natural fit.] His knowledge and understanding of records across the board is great, ... That's the reason why we got along: We don't see music as something that happens in one genre.

Things begin, things decay, and you've got to find a way to be okay.

Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas.