One of the problems of our modern world is that there's a lot of things to work through, but, at some point, everybody should take a pause from that ….

I know that some filmmakers strive for a kind of naturalistic approach, but you're never going to capture something that's really natural - just the ….

You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell, he's really nice….

A song can't be completely serious if you rhyme melodic with alcoholic..

I'd been thinking I'd have to learn how to play really well, but obviously the message of punk was that you just learn three chords in a week and you….

You have to create a bespoke cultural environment. I know this may be a kind of thing that an old person says, but I feel to quite a large extent I w….

I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do..

In a song you can kind of stage-manage everything so that it puts you in a good light. And once a song is recorded, it always performs well..

I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person..

Money isn't important, but you have to have enough, so you don't have to think about it. Thinking about money is a drag..

Culture shouldn't be a pacifying thing. It shouldn't be something that you just passively accept. I think it should be something that, in some ways, ….

The thing with Disney songs is they're very manipulative, very sentimental, but they do get you, you know - there's a kind of sadness to them and tha….

People who make good music aren't necessarily nice people..

[Jeffrey Lewis is] The best lyricist working in the US today..

I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks and some….

I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will..

France is a republic, and the rules in theory have been made by everyone rather than imposed by a dictatorship or king or whatever. So it's like, we'….

I think life is more interesting when everybody's jumbled up together. When people separate out into cliques and things, it's okay, but it's a bit li….

Unless you're living on the street and surviving on a diet of discarded turkey drumsticks, there's no point in being gloomy. We've spent too long try….

I am passionate about keeping the human dimension in things. You have to keep the rough edges and the inconsistencies, that's what makes it interesti….

There isn't much I find interesting to write about in middle-class life..