I think the Native Americans had the right idea about preserving and respecting the earth. Not just using it up. We are not the center of the univers…

- John Lurie

I think humor is actually a very serious thing. I think the people who shaped culture, for the better, in the last 50 years or so, more than almost a…

- John Lurie

When I was about 17 I knew that I was going to be serious about music. Before that I thought, fairly certainly, that I would be a writer. Before that…

- John Lurie

I'd always maintained an image so that people wouldn't approach me.

- John Lurie

It seems like there are always gatekeepers. People between you and the people who are moved by your work. They often make a beautiful thing creepy.

- John Lurie

But, you know, I'd be happy just making music.

- John Lurie

What do you know about music, you're not a lawyer?

- John Lurie

I play music, I paint - these things come from your depths.

- John Lurie

The loss of music is very painful, and I don't revisit stuff unless there is a solid reason to do it.

- John Lurie