Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

Tape machines are effects boxes as well because each tape machine has its own sound. You can over-load a tape machine or you can bump it a certain way so it compresses or makes a sound, tape saturation.

I'm half Jewish, I'm half black, I look in-between. I dress funny. I play all these different styles of music on one record. It's like, What is he doing?

I'm so happy. I am able to see the world just by making music, just by doing the thing that I loved doing when I was five years old.

The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather not do it.

We've always just gotten up there and played. We don't have any dancers, we don't have all that stuff going on, we just get up there and play.