We're a culture more than ever that wants proof of everything, we want things fast, and someone sends you an email, you want to answer in five minutes. We have to allow ourselves nothingness, in our relationships too.

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.

I had gone to Paris to immerse myself in painting and I came back wholly involved in words and rhythms.

You can't make a mistake when you improvise.

Pissing in a river, watching it rise.

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.