Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good book.
I don't have children, but I imagine if parents are really pushed on the subject, they probably have favorite children.
Being a vegan is pretty easy these days, as almost every town and city has health food stores and vegetarian-friendly restaurants.
As long as the world continues to be strange and interesting, I still want to take pictures of it.
'Arbitrary' and 'odd' are the words which best describe the pattern of my career. I'm perpetually baffled by the whole thing.
Actually, the most entitled people I've met are indie rockers and indie actors, because they really believe their press.
I have actually found myself buying up more and more old analogue gear. I have this strange obsession with old drum machines.
I live in New York and I love hanging out in gay clubs, and a lot of my friends are gay. But, for better or for worse, I'm not gay.
I love going on tour and playing music for people.
I love it when celebrities fall apart.
I love the idea of making records that people can use, records that have a sense of utility.
I may be a lifelong 'downtowner,' but Central Park really is the most amazing and the most beautiful part of New York City.
I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor.
I buy things with the best of intention of living in them and then life intercedes.
A lot of people do talk about the demise of the album, but I still believe that if an artist tries hard to make a great album, people will buy it and listen to it as an album, rather than just a collection of random songs.
You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what's out there. I find that a little overwhelming.
If someone is cynical and doesn't vote and ends up with a crummy job in a crummy country with a decimated environment, they only have themselves to blame.
When I say, 'I love Christ and love the teachings of Christ,' I mean that in the most simple and naive way. I'm not saying I'm right.
The only sort of descriptive adjective or catch phrase for my music would be 'eclectic.'
Traffic terrifies me.
We do all, myself included, we tend to hold ourselves to pretty low standards. But when it comes to judging public figures or politicians or people we've never met, we tend to hold people to very high standards, and, if we held ourselves to those standards, we'd always fall short.
I think there are two types of photographers, those who want to document the world and those who want to create their own world. I am more interested in documenting the world and presenting it to people with the question attached, 'Does this make any sense to you?'
The people who get more fame, who get more money, more often than not they are miserable, insecure and on anti-depressants. It's strange that everyone keeps buying into this idea that more success is good, that more fame is good, that more money is good. Yet, we look at the people who have more success, more fame, more money and they're miserable.
A great song is a great song, whether it's on vinyl or CD or cassette or reel to reel or mp3. Then again, that might be an overly optimistic view, but I do think that great music will transcend the medium in which it is delivered.
When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea.
