In my experience as a record producer, the people who most get involved are the people from independent labels who feel they have more to do with it; it's their "baby" kind of thing.

I think central to what we do is thinking about what's our role, how does this idea of being a band and getting on the stage and playing stuff.

You kind of figure out what you're doing as you go along.

I think initially the impetus for doing stuff yourself comes from your love of other music.

The gristle of the underneath stings in the air of responsibility.

She was invisible. Forgettable. Forgotten.

When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in.

If there's a narrative, I want it in the flesh.

I wasn't mean; I wasn't evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.

I feel like, like, how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you.

I just want my audiences to be entertained and feel like they're part of the show. I want to show them a good time and create an experience they're going to enjoy.

The pleasure of reading biography, like that of reading letters, derives from the universal hunger to penetrate other lives.

I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.

Flee idleness... for no one is more exposed to such temptations than he who has nothing to do.