The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.

I don't hear any of the popular stuff unless it's good 'cause I pay no attention to popular culture, at all.

I figured out early on what I wanted to do.

I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it means for a Jewish kid to be a Christian - I'm just not interested in that argument.

People make art on the sides of buildings, and they'll make art on the sides of trains. They'll make art wherever they decide to make art. The technology that people are working with now will be replaced in 10 years, so that's not where your future is, if you're a musician.

For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music.

We live in an age lit by lightnin'; after the flash, we're blind again.