All humans realize they are loved when witnessing the dawn; early morning is the triumph of good over evil. Absolved by light we decide to go on.

I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider.

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust.

In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father, you're faced with that situation. I know that my father was, with me. I understand why he had to be distant, because to rip yourself away, time after time, is almost more devastating.

I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition.

Mowing your lawn is against nature.