I’ve never seen the need to choose one type of music at the exclusion of another. That would feel kind of sad and arbitrary.

I had an epiphany a few years ago where I was out at a celebrity party and it suddenly dawned on me that I had yet to meet a celebrity who is as smart and interesting as any of my friends.

Music can always serve a role in people's lives when it's emotional and warm and inviting and beautiful.

When I saw music as a means to an end - more fame, more money, dating celebrities - that's when things have gone terribly wrong. Now my life is focused on just trying to keep making music. Because when it's really good, it's just the most remarkable feeling on the planet.

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

Because we find somethings distasteful is not justification enough for us to deem them criminal.

I wish I could sing. I don't technically have a terrible voice, but it's certainly not as good as most of my friends. Whenever I hear myself on a record, it just reminds me I'm not a very good singer.