I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past..

In the studio you have pretty much carte blanche with whatever you're doing. You can turn natural instruments into electronic instruments..

Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time..

There was a time where I was the youngest one in any group, and now when I turn around sometimes, I'm the oldest one in every group. It just seemed t….

I like it here in New York. I like the idea of having to keep eyes in the back of your head all the time..

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance..

I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist..

I write in the studio, I don't sit around with a piano or a guitar and write songs. I get satisfaction out of that because I can finish the song real….

I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of going out there and playing football..

The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience..

I've just recently started doing the promo bits for the new album, and the funny thing is that the people who come to talk to me about these things s….

If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it..

If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go..

Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll..

Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really help….

The avant-garde makes more sense to me..

I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabb….

That's what my life is, writing songs..

I never use the word, it's loaded. What love means to me is need..

People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did..

It would be a stronger world, a stronger, loving world, to die in..