I've made records that everyone has hated and I've loved, and made records that everyone has loved and I've deemed, at best, mediocre.

Sit down, close your eyes, and think about dogs for ten minutes. On a very clear, physiological, and neurochemical level, your body is changed by these really positive thoughts.

I'd much rather go to a Banksy art show than a Moby art show. My art is painfully naive.

I feel compelled to make art that on one hand reflects and sometimes almost creates like a sense of comfort when confronted with the strangeness of the world.

It's the age old thing: If you want to get elected, blame immigrants. It worked in the 20th century and it works now, and it's heart-breaking to see people make the same mistakes. They're looking at a complicated world, but they just keep blaming immigrants, and it's really disturbing that people haven't got past that.

I see 'Ahab's Wife' as offering an alternative vision to

David Lynch is my friend, and I love his movies and his art and his music. Few things make me happier than working with him.