I mean, there are only so many notes. What makes something original is how you put it together.

When I stopped trying to write songs, that's when I'm able to begin writing songs. You have to just use your life, and the things around you for your inspiration.

One day we're going to watch people fight to the death, like Roman times. Instead of being in a coliseum, we're going to watch it on TV.

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?

Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised.

I am still into the people I listened to growing up, so I completely remember what is like to be a fan, I haven't changed.

I made the record that my life had me make. Each one is like a diary.