People love their favorite records. And I aspire to make a record someone might be able to love in that way.

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

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

When I was fifteen years old, the only distinction in music my friends and I made was [that] there's music made by people with short hair and music made by people with long hair.

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

I found it incredibly disheartening that in the late '90s, suddenly pop culture became even more misogynistic and more homophobic, and so I criticized Eminem for having lyrics that were egregiously homophobic and egregiously misogynistic.

Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good book.