When I can really open myself up to someone and show someone who I really am, it's amazing when it happens.

One can only snort so many ants and have so much sex before one starts to long for the comfort and companionship of a good book.

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.

The only sort of descriptive adjective or catch phrase for my music would be 'eclectic.'

When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea.

For me, New York still ranks as the most beautiful and the most interesting city in the world. It is also the most varied in terms of the things it has to offer.

I used to have a lot of envy for those musicians who have been universally loved.