The more information you have, the more human our heroes become and consequently the less mysterious and godlike. They need to be godlike.

Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.

I always thought my records were number one; it's just the charts didn't think so.

The love song must be born into the realm of the irrational, absurd, the distracted, the melancholic, the obsessive, the insane for the love song is the noise of love itself and love is, of course, a form of madness.

There are methods to creating a mayhem that sounds different from your usual mayhem. Because mayhem and a heavy drum backbeat end up sounding like Green Day or something. But if you put a different beat within it to create some air and lightness, the chaos comes through better.

He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in.

I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.