There are so many causes. Gun control, climate change, deforestation, animal welfare, human welfare, education. Working on the big issues is noble and great, but being aware of what’s going on around you right at this moment, being kind to the people around you, extending compassion and decency, not just to everyone you meet but also to yourself—I think that’s one of the biggest challenges most people face.

I think that the current climate enables a lot of musicians to do relatively well. Twenty-five years ago, you could be a bass player in a folk-rock band and do pretty well - that sort of means that you're going to have to go get a day job. But a lot of my friends have learned how to write classical music for movies and produce other people and do remixes, and DJ and go on tour, and do all these different things. The more diverse their approach, the better their chances of actually having a career.

Once the pathological low self-esteem goes, that's when things go downhill.

I'm like a monk with a taste for hookers.

I've done the performing monkey stuff and massive breakdowns, it's just they weren't documented.

I've been having a midlife crisis since I was four years old.

Research performed on animals is, by definition, scientifically unsound.