We hope that as a species we're capable of dealing with environmental catastrophe before it actually does collectively kill most of us.

I'm perfectly happy for my videos to be on YouTube, whether I'm getting paid for them or not. If they're on YouTube, people will see them. If for some reason my videos get taken down from YouTube, well, I apologize. If it was up to me they'd all be up there and they'd all be free.

What I love about making albums in the 21st century is that so few people buy albums! I can make an album without any commercial concerns whatsoever.

When I was growing up, I was the most pretentious person I have ever met. I only read obscure books and watched obscure movies and only listened to obscure music.

I don't sleep very well when I travel. And as a result, I tend to be awake in cities when everyone else is asleep.

The term 'renaissance man' is always bandied about. I don't think that applies to me. You think about Leonardo da Vinci, and he was a painter and a physicist and an architect, and that is a true renaissance man.

I just have to remind myself that my daily quotidie in life has almost nothing to do with any aspect of my professional life as a public figure.