Art is the image of life, it's purpose simply to enhance it.

A band is a great way to destroy a friendship, and a tour's a great way to destroy a band.

Doing heroin is like walking around with a terrorist as your friend. It's like taking a terrorist around to parties You never know when it's going to blow up on you.

The only goal right now that I can have, the only thing I can offer right now, is the need to get good at music, do something with quality.

People are always arguing: New York or L.A.? They're both great places, you know.

I'd like to just get to a point where maybe we can say something that will be matterful. That's definitely not a word, by the way.

The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would say no. It is what it is. I say better that than an urban war zone.