[Jeffrey Lewis is] The best lyricist working in the US today.

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it.

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell, he's really nice, he's blossomed'.

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance.

Never dwell in resentment, but never forget to learn from the reflection.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.

Oliver [McCall] has meant so much to my career and showed that in the heavyweight division, anything is possible.

Grab some caviar from the kitchen. You wouldn't believe the muck they feed us in Bartleby's for ten thousand a term.

We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards others - both human and animal.

Do you know that cats can't wear corsets? They can't stand! Not at all! They just fall over. I know because I tried!

The odour of Burgundy, and the smell of French sauces, and the sight of clean napkins and long loaves, knocked as a very welcome visitor at the door of our inner man.

The United States is the only country left now, bar Romania, Bulgaria and Poland, that has this all-government system.

The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.