I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer.

I got very lucky that some of the things that I wanted to work did work. Not because I knew what I was doing, just through dumb luck, it just looked beautiful and sounded great and captured some magical mood. And you just have to hope that you get lucky when you do big things like making a movie, or something.

Music is amazing. There's some metaphysical comfort where it allows you to be isolated and alone while telling you that you are not alone... truly, the only cure for sadness is to share it with someone else.

We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.

I want people to be ecstatic but to cry at the same time.

I know that is absolutely true for people when they are young - you don't want to be alive if the things that you love in your life aren't there.

If SANTA CLAUS came down the chimney in a f**king jogging suit, you wouldn't even know it was him.