I was trying to convince myself I could learn to be gay - but no. That's one of my great regrets.

I wanted to have a title that wasn't in English so that someone in France, for instance, could ask for 'dix-huit' or the someone in Japan could ask for 'juhachi.'

When someone comes to me and says the music I've made has affected them emotionally, that's the most gratifying part of my job.

You make mistakes and you learn from them.

I don't want to get too nuanced, but we have the electoral college in the United States and that means we don't have direct democracy.

I'd just rather have a really sharp, interesting, smart gay son than some big dumb hetero meathead.

You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what's out there. I find that a little overwhelming.