Whenever I've had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that's when you learn.

We almost need to cultivate - I hate to sound New Age-y - but to cultivate a positive bias, and really work to focus on those things and notice those things that are wonderful and uplifting.

I've made records that everyone has hated and I've loved, and made records that everyone has loved and I've deemed, at best, mediocre.

Under no circumstances do I ever want to see any part of me having sex! I wouldn't want to see video tape, pictures, in the mirror, nothing.

To quote Homer Simpson, alcohol is the cause and solution to all of life's problems. I don't think there's anything wrong with drinking and drug use, if people can do it and not hurt themselves. But it got to the point where I was really hurting myself.

When I do have time to work on music, I'm kind of selfish, and would rather work on my own stuff than someone else's.

I just want to try - on a daily basis keep trying - to make music that I really love.