I was never successful in a noteworthy way, no one wrote about me, and I didn't have recognition. I've met a lot of musicians along the way who thought I was good, and they knew that was important to me. Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

The world needs poetry now more than ever. It's the only thing that can keep music from copying itself and sounding the same.

Life is beautiful, but you don't have a clue.

Einstein said 'your imagination is more important than intelligence,' and I have a very, very big imagination.

It's amazing what happens when you put your interests out into the universe and make it known what you want.

A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.

I'm more interested in, you know, SpaceX and Tesla, what's going to happen with our intergalactic possibilities.