Raymond Chandler managed to write about L.A. his whole career. Should I keep going writing about New York? Is that what I should be doing? Songwriting doesn't work that way.

I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.

I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.

Take a walk on the wild side.

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.

Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful.

Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat.

But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but.

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

Life's like a mayonnaise soda.

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

Joyful hope!

I decided that if I didn't allow myself to fall asleep, then I wouldn't have to wake up again and despair.

Flame is the lamp

I'm always pursuing the next dream, hunting for the next truth.

I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.

Good products are built by people who want to use it themselves

There is not an enemy so stout, as to storm and take the fortress of the mind, Unless its infirmity turn traitor, and Fear unbar the gates.

I think that it's a universal urge to have our pain not be felt alone and to have our joys not be felt alone.

You look wonderful", Jason said. "No compliments, Jason. I'm uncomfortable enough in the lingerie." "Then by all means take it off.

The problem when you edit a film together, when you shoot a film, you are drawn into the moment. You want each moment to be special and full of life.