'Arbitrary' and 'odd' are the words which best describe the pattern of my career. I'm perpetually baffled by the whole thing.

I'm sure most people have this experience: when you're young you drink, you do drugs, you stay up late, and there are no consequences.

There are certain songs that if people come up to me and tell me how much that song meant to them, I think, You should have better taste, then, because I don't really like that song.

Musically, New York is a big influence on me. Walk down the street for five minutes and you'll hear homeless punk rockers, people playing Caribbean music and reggae, sacred Islamic music and Latino music, so many different types of music.

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

The main thing that excites me and makes me want to get out of bed is the thought of being able to go into my studio to work on music.

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.