It takes a real man to wear silk! There aren't a lot of manly men in rock and roll because it's all about cross-dressing to a degree. You have to be kind of sensitive to be in rock and roll.

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.

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

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?

There are some bad people on the rise

A primary rule of practice is meditation with no objects or anchors. Just concentrate on the breath.

Change is one thing, progress is another.

Power comes from leading a controlled life, a happy life, a perky life.

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.

I think there are a lot of books about thin, attractive people having thin, attractive people's problems. I'm better set up to tell a different story.

It's easier to lecture women on sexual morality than it is to explain why all Americans shouldn't have comprehensive, fair, and equal health care coverage.

When I grew up in France, I was a normal size. And then I came to the United States and I gained 20 pounds.

True feelings never fade, we just learn to fill the spot.

Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do.