There's top 40 R&B/hip-hop, which is probably sexy but you wouldn't listen to it for a musical awakening.

It's better to look for the people that look like you and do something with them, create something new - the mainstream isn't that special anyways.

I always wanted to play with the sound, but I always wanted to do it in a respectful way, because I never lived in New York and I don't have a real connection to that scene.

To me, beauty is a lived thing.

I like writing music that I think is beautiful, but perfection isn't really beautiful to me.

My whole purpose of being a musician is to not follow the rules, so if I set rules for myself, I've already failed.

I always put my identity at the forefront of my music.

you wanna cause a scene?

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naïve, I feel!

Most love stories are nocturnal. That's what makes them so fascinating.

How could you get mad at someone who neither needed to attack nor was at all worried about being able to defend? It was like getting mad at Switzerland.

As long as I can be with you, even my digital heart will start to throb. Like a quantum wind, my heart will start to sway.

All human plans [are] subject to ruthless revision by Nature, or Fate, or whatever one preferred to call the powers behind the Universe.

Probably nothing that we have ever managed to do quite equals the basic undermining of the physical stability of the planet on which most of the world's poor people depend.

Nothing substitutes a large apprenticeship, a heap of experiences which converts into the base of intuition.

Much as we might wish it, looks don't always last forever. That's why, if you're looking for a long-term relationship, it's extremely important to take into consideration qualities that will last.

The gift of my childhood was laughter, being able to find the humor.