It was an hour and a half plane ride, so I slept. I try to sleep because that's probably the only time I get to get my real sleep. When I can't sleep I read books or watch movies.

When you record, you live with what you recorded for many many years, but when you play it's just an hour and a half and then once it's over it's over.

I think it's very good to have regrets, to learn how to live with them.

I spend a lot of time writing in New York.

Well, I grew up between Holland and Israel and then moved to France when I was eleven.

I think many experiences are bound to be failures, and sometimes I regret them before they even happen.

When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an atmosphere that you're trying to put into words.