I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.
I like to do what I do in my house and I love to play shows, but I don't want to have to go out and talk to a bunch of people I don't know.
I like California a lot more than New York these days.
There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.
It's very hard to tour.
I just being able to write songs I'm proud of and finding some women to play with is exciting.
Initially, I was very much concerned with having absolute control. But as time has gone by, I'm not. I mean, the whole first record was really just how I spent my free time: stoned and drinking coffee in my house, spending three hours on a song.
I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.
It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.
I get starstruck really easily. I love music so much - it sounds so silly to say that - so if I'm playing a festival and somebody I love, like [Primal Scream's] Bobby Gillespie, is there in the backstage area, I'm like, "Wow this is amazing! There they are!"
Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.
All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.
Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.
