There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.
My father was assassinated by an FBI-CIA connection
I think when people try to use their art for political views, I think they're art becomes smaller, less interesting. And so for me, as an artist, I'm trying to speak about things in a universal way and not be pedantic or small-minded and try to convince other people of my political views. But having said that, every day I live in sort of complete terror because of what I read in the newspaper and what is going on in the world. I'm constantly, as I think many of us are, overwhelmed by the sort of, mass psychosis that's occurring.
My dad, he's definitely one of greatest writers of his generation. There is no question about it. When you are that good, when work is that good, you have to appreciate every aspect of it. It's the architecture of it, it's like looking at a Frank Lloyd Wright building or a Lautner building, it's master craftsmanship. Every aspect of it intertwines in a perfectly harmonious way. That's what architecture is at its best and the architecture of my father's music is on that level.
Anyone who doesn't think the government killed my father either hasn't given the issue much thought, or is insane.
I like music because it's the only invisible art form.
I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] of rock music.
Wonder Woman was my first love, and now she’s [Charlotte Kemp Muhl) my last.
They say rock is dead. Andy [Warhol] said art is dead. God is dead according to Nietzsche. If everything's dead what's alive? Only technology. We're in the era of technology.
Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist
Natural gas has been sold as clean energy. But when the gas comes from fracturing bedrock with about five million gallons of toxic water per well, the word “clean” takes on a disturbingly Orwellian tone. Don’t be fooled. Fracking for shale gas is in truth dirty energy.
We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not.
The most important thing in my father's life? World peace. Me and my brother. My mom.
I like songs that go to different places and then come back.
For me, songwriting is something that I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day.
When I was 15, a cabdriver asked me if I was Paul McCartney's daughter.
Now Daddy is part of God. I guess when you die you become much more bigger, because you're part of everything.
I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best
Some people feel that it's controversial if I say that because my dad is known as a political artist. But I don't really believe that he was a political artist. I think some of his songs were political, and I think they were incredible because he was able to make art that was political and that wasn't pedantic. But I think he was unique in being able to do that.
Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.
I did a record with a producer, and the good producers eat up the budget, so I didn't have any budget left to produce this record. I had to produce it myself.
I wouldn't say the purpose of making art is to enjoy it necessarily. For me, it happens to be the thing I enjoy the most. I don't even know what the purpose of art is really, I just know that is something that makes me feel satisfied in a way that other things don't. That's all I know, that's why I like to write songs and films or draw. I just like to make things and somehow I find it gives me a feeling of satisfaction that I can't find in other areas of my life.
I do think British tailoring is the best. French people hate me when I say that, but I do think it's true.
You can't just pay attention to the short term, you just have to keep publishing.
I'm lucky that a lot of my friends are in the entertainment industry.
