Any image I have, it's just what I do, but it comes off as being very pretentious. When you're a bit in the public astigmatism, anything you do seems like you did it so somebody would see you do it, like showing up at the right parties.

I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It's terrible for the culture of music.

All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes

I’ve always been a word guy, I like weird words and I like American slang and all that and words that are no longer being used… I like to drag them out of the box and wave them around… this is an interesting one, it’s amazing how in addition to punctuation just a little pause in the wrong place can just completely transform the meaning of something.

It's rather mystifying when you think about writing songs - where they come from, and how they're born.

I don't like hearing Beatles songs in commercials. It almost renders them useless. I think, 'Oh God, another one bites the dust.'

There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.