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.

I'm not Catholic but the Virgin Mary fascinates me because she's like a folk hero.

I love that vinyl is actually growing in popularity, and that there are so many great record stores.

I joined Facebook purely so I could play online Scrabble. You have eight tiles instead of seven, so you tend to have higher scores. I'm somewhere between 400 and 500.

What makes me vulnerable is any genuine expression of emotion in the presence of another person. It makes me vulnerable and my inclination is, of course, immediately to back away from anything that makes me vulnerable.

I used to have a lot of envy for those musicians who have been universally loved.

One can only snort so many ants and have so much sex before one starts to long for the comfort and companionship of a good book.