If a musician is making a mediocre, self-indulgent body of work, they have to know that, for the most part, people aren't going to be interested.

I like the humility that comes from being hated. Hopefully some humility and compassion comes out of that.

The demise of the monolithic record industry has been, for a lot of people, really liberating and emancipating.

It takes a unique woman to see me as any sort of catch.

Personally I find the democratic chaos of the Internet fascinating, and for the most part really benign.

I feel like the vast majority of the world's problems would disappear if suddenly everyone on the planet were relatively self-aware and capable of honest self-love and compassion.

I truly believe, as an institution, most major labels should just die.