Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

What I like about popular culture is its accessibility, and I've covered popular songs because they are amazing things.

Those nations of artists, finding their own individualism, and kind of standing against the world: to me that's the ultimate nightmare. I want to get lost and diffused in the world.

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.

The missing links in my life's work, no less!

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.

I consider myself a sit-down comedian really, as much as anything else. I love comedy. Life is a cosmic joke.