I had a lot of jobs in New York. I worked in a café and I did bike delivery and I was a mover. And I babysat, which was really cool in some cases and really insane in others.

The ideal pre-show meal I think is pho, the Vietnamese soup. It's very light and good for you, and then the broth is great for the throat.

There was never a thought of career in my brain ever for anything.

I've put out kind of a lot of albums and people seem to like it and the crowds keep getting bigger and bigger, so I think maybe I could make a life out of it.

I guess now I view music as my career. I want to do it forever, regardless of whether or not it's my means of living.

I didn't understand how to get a practice space or buy gear - I never thought I could do any of that - let alone get in front of people and play the songs.

I was never really seeking to play music. I knew I wanted to do it, but I think I wasn't seeking it out because it seemed so abstract to me.

I write all the time, and I write a lot of songs, but before I started putting out records those songs always just ended up on stuff that I did with The Babies.

Old-fashioned dating still exists. You’re either dating the wrong people or you are the problem.

apart from being suicidal I'm fine

Old stories often turn out to be true.

I do think that all politicians today have to be more attentive to people wanting to be heard, wanting to have more control over their lives.

Children want to do what grownups do.

People who have power, who think negatively of others and seek to injure them, are practicing a kind of voodoo, a lower sorcery.

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

I was shy for several years in my early days in Hollywood until I figured out that no one really gave a damn if I was shy or not, and I got over my shyness.

Memories shared serve each one differently.

The art of making art, is putting it together.