I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.

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

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

The avant-garde makes more sense to me.

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

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

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

What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.

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

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

I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.

Music is the universe where everything is allowed

He had a bushy unibrow that could house a family of quail.

Crying adds something: crying is you, plus tears.

I see all of us reading ourselves away from ourselves, straining in circles of light to find more light until the line of words becomes a trail of crumbs that we follow across a page of fresh snow.

I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.

When I make my own music, there is no external producer. I just do everything as quickly as possible. I try not to overthink things.

I just want to work forever. I absolutely love what I'm doing. I learn all the time from all these amazing artists.

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

The press today is full of people who are not qualified and not trying very hard to be good reporters.

The professional arms himself with patience, not only to give the stars time to align in his career, but to keep himself from flaming out in each individual work.