People have always been resistant to change. If you go back to the 17th, 18th century, playing guitar was frowned upon. When rock n' roll first started, no one took it seriously.

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

One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

One of the central flaws in the state of contemporary music is that the major record companies have failed to incorporate that simple fact into their business plans. They've come into an industry that's based on idiosyncratic artists and tried to erase every idiosyncratic aspect out of it.

My job of being a musician in a recording studio has nothing to do with being a musician being on tour performing.

Everyone feels awkward, everyone feels uncomfortable, everyone gets older, everyone gets lonely, everyone gets sick, everyone eventually dies. You’re at the Aspen Ideas Fest, and you have these really smart, really accomplished people who pretend like they’ve somehow figured out a way to bypass the human condition. We live in this culture where there are so many things that want us to pretend that we’re not truly human.