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

It's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers, you know?

I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.

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.

Without David Bowie, popular music as we know it pretty much wouldn't exist.

I made a record in 1996 called 'Animal Rights' that was a very difficult, very dark punk-rock record. Of all the records I've made, it's my favorite one. It's also the one that got the worst reviews and sold the worst.

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