Whenever you do anything or say anything, you're opening yourself up to criticism. But that's okay.

Being in a rock band, I feel a certain responsibility to have a weird haircut. I mean, who else gets to do that?

I think filmmakers all secretly wanna be musicians and all musicians secretly wanna be filmmakers.

I think of hip hop as a mass media, radio, MTV thing. It’s been extremely relevant over the last 10 years and rock music is just not anymore—-a tear rolls down my cheek as I say that.

The film Black Orpheus is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil.

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.

I think when you've been in a band for a really long time, sometimes you don't appreciate what's good about yourself. It's easy to play something and get too focused on some small detail. It's helpful to have somebody around who can say, "No, that was good." Just so you don't get too lost or forget what you do. You need somebody you really trust who has great taste.