Glitter is cool because that's like glam rock, but rhinestones need to die out.

I've been waiting for techno to die. I was in Germany once and this guy was telling me that techno was dead, and then he proceeded to play me techno for hours.

The trend that should definitely die is following trends.

My theory is that the only people who hate hipsters are hipsters.

I do think vajazzles need to stop. The whole thing of glitter-ising your cell phone and your purse and your body needs to stop.

You have to be kind of sensitive to be in rock and roll.

When it comes to touch and feel as a musician, style is infinitely more important than chops.

My guilty pleasure is Simon & Garfunkel. I'm embarrassed about it. They're dorky.

I don't like when things don't match. I love some Eighties fashion, like Grace Jones but primary colours only work in certain situations.

I find it funny because people complain about Brooklyn becoming too hip, but would they prefer stock brokers or gunfights or something?

Some of the greatest guitarists, historically, have had no chops, they've just had great taste. I know a lot of musical school kids who just have no taste.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

The high prize of life the crowning fortune of a man is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment and happiness.

You must trust your instinct, intuition and judgment.

If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise?

When I am upset about something, it gives me a stomachache. I have to address it right away so that I don't make myself sick.

it's gonna hurt because it matters.

I have no literary approach - except to literature.

Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.

Can you avoid knowledge? You cannot! Can you avoid technology? You cannot! Things are going to go ahead in spite of ethics, in spite of your personal beliefs, in spite of everything.

But separate a man from his car - that's inhuman.