It's my story ["Selling Isobel"].I chose to write a screenplay about it because I think film is the quickest medium to get a story out, rather than writing a book.

I considered writing a book too, but I think people don't like to read, to be honest - they want to watch. People want to see crazy things, so we decided to make a film ["Selling Isobel"] instead.

I was very concerned about who was going to take my story and realize it, so I was very particular and spent a lot of time going over things with him, talking about how I wanted it to be told.

We reached a compromise [in film "Selling Isobel" ] - arty on the one hand, raw and crazy on the other.

The music of rebellion makes you want to rageBut it's made by millionaires who are nearly twice your age

Art shows us that human beings still matter in a world where money talks the loudest, where computers know everything about us, and where robots fabricate our next meal and also our ride there.

For every problem, there exists a simple and elegant solution which is absolutely wrong.

Kiss is not a charity. Never, ever mix commerce and charity.

In terms of art, the only real answer that I know of is to do it. If you don't do it, you don't know what might happen.

Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue.

In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.

I am white, male, Norwegian and fairly resourceful. I am indeed among the least suppressed people on earth. If anyone can sing songs without fear, it should be me.

The constant attention is what is so difficult.

Good God, what did he not remember?