How many records you sell really does not matter. It's whatever you give.

Transport drives me crazy. I find myself on this constant conveyor belt and the planes, buses, traffic jams, ugh.

I became slightly disillusioned, but in a really good way that enabled me to realize that the music was the most important thing, and that the rest of it is total bullshit.

Be you own hero, be your own saviour, send all your suffering into the fire. Let no foot, mark your ground, let no hand, hold you down.

I'm getting older every day, and I'm going to be making music until I drop dead.

Part of being human is having a sense of humor.

An electronic instrument is just harboring a natural element the same way that a guitar is harboring an acoustic element. It's all nature, really.

To me, there's never been a difference between electronic and acoustic. I've always had this idea that electricity is another element like wind or fire or water.

I think more about sounds rather than concepts.

The world can get a bit ugly sometimes.

I finally realized that so much of the music world is about how much money you've got, how much you can pay to make your record successful.

However strange your style may seem to others, never mind, because it is your style!

I must have been yearning for some Jewish content beyond my genetic makeup because soon after my 21st birthday, I noticed I was no longer dating WASPs.

One cannot plan for the unexpected.

The wrinklier the raisin, the sweeter the fruit.

New media companies look remarkably like the old ones they aspire to replace: male, pale, and privileged.

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.

I saw my first gig here actually (Festival Hall in Brisbane) Duran Duran.

By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realise that each road has its own rewards.

There is no justice in bureaucracy for the individual, for bureaucracy caters only to itself. One cannot practice the same bureaucracy as one is fighting against.

Change is never a loss - it is change only.