Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame.

I really want to do a book on the history of the no-wave music scene in New York, how it extended out and formed lots of other things. It was such a great visual culture.

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.

It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen

Rock'n'roll saved my soul.

I have to reign myself in a lot.

A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted.