I'm not saying Sonic Youth was a conceptual-art project for me, but in a way it was an extension of Warhol. Instead of making criticism about popular culture, as a lot of artists do, I worked within it to do something.

Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult.

Twitter reminds me of an era in French literature - Emile Zola and Honoré de Balzac - and the beginning of modernity and gossip. They had these fashion magazines of the time on display with all of the Emile Zola references.

I really like Olivier Assayas filmmaking. He always has this global - economy thing going on.

I mean, I don't even think of myself as a musician, really.

I always think of baseball as so existential. Like, you're just out there in a field, in a big expanse of green grass.

It's hard to write about a love story with a broken heart.