Many of my friends back in New York and elsewhere have a glib or dismissive attitude toward Los Angeles. It's a place of strip malls and traffic and not much else, in their opinion.

I don't think too much about how it might exist in the world in a commercial sense - I more just try and focus on making music that I love and trying to put it out into the world.

I don't know many artists who are happy with themselves all of the time.

I may be a lifelong 'downtowner,' but Central Park really is the most amazing and the most beautiful part of New York City.

A vegan who beats his wife is far further down the ethical ladder than a meat eater who's kind to his children.

The midlife crisis you're having at 30 is indulgent, but the midlife crisis you have at 45 is to an extent thrust upon you.

To me, one of the easiest ways of addressing climate change and potentially remedying climate change is to stop subsidizing animal agriculture.