When I was a drunk, New York was the greatest place in the world. You walk everywhere, everything is open until four in the morning, and people go to New York looking for debauchery.

If you and I become vegans, the global consequences aren't going to be that much. But if we can get a few hundred million people to become a little more aware and cut back on their animal consumption, the consequences will be great.

If you don't want to be beaten, imprisoned, mutilated, killed ot tortured, then you shouldn't condone such behaviour towards anyone, be they human or not.

There's no wrong way to meditate. And meditation should never be a difficult practice that leads to self criticism.

The aggressive, energised, political, or even politicised, culturally aware music hasn't really existed [recently].

I'm straight, but I love going to house music clubs and flirting with women and gay men.

This whole world is run by brutes for the common and the stupid.