I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong… I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.

Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.

When you're a kid and you're trying to find your own voice, it's rather daunting to hear somebody like Howlin' Wolf, because you know that you'll never achieve that.

Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.

Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.

It wasn't good for my nerves, that kind of work - a fireman. I've got high blood pressure. I get upset easily. I don't think that was a proper career alternative for me.