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.

Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good book.

Shaving your head is acceptable. It's when you start wearing toupees and brushing your hair over that things go wrong.

It will be interesting to see what the long term fruits of our national apathy will be, 'cos so far they've been pretty foul.

I remember New York in the '80s as a place with vacant lots that would eventually give over to nature. Weeds would grow up, squirrels would move in. That entropy is gone now. It's too expensive to let a vacant lot go natural.

I'm not Catholic but the Virgin Mary fascinates me because she's like a folk hero.

I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor.