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

I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.

My advice for young people is that, if you want to be a musician, the thing to do is practice eight hours a day.

Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.

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

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.

Honesty is the most subversive of all disguises.