Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

I've made money, and I've been ripped off. I've had creative freedom, and I've been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another?

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.

I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it.

To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.

It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.

We don't make music - it makes us.

With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.