Rules are really weird things, aren't they? I feel like the more I do something, the more I see through rules. I see the reason to ignore it, but at the same time, "That's why they made that rule!"

I'm so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That's something that makes me smile.

Avoid people who tell you that something you want to do is not possible.

Remember that there's no one way of doing things. ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open.

If someone can write great music... Paul McCartney is a genius. He's so prolific. All we should do is bow down to Paul McCartney.

Portland is where young people go to retire.

I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is.

There are so many disagreements in the world, but I like the idea of people agreeing on something like art.

The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead.

Everyone goes through all kinds of relationship situations. I'm lucky that I get to be on two comedy shows [during divorce].

Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful.

To care is our endless sense if duty.

She thinks you're stalking me.""Why the hell would I do that? I see too much of your ugly mug as it is.

For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.

It's not that I dislike the police, but I would never go to the police for anything. It's just that I prefer not..., not calling them.

Thank God I've never been taken to task on a talk-radio show. I won't go on a talk-radio show.

I never went to church a day in my life. The dominant religion (influence) in my family was my grandfather who was a Scientologist.

How do I know about the world? By what is within me.

You went up a girl and came down a woman.

I'm not intelligent enough to be a doctor, and kind of hands down you can't argue with the worth of that. But I don't really have an opinion about the worth of making art.

It is quite untrue that British people don't appreciate music. They may not understand it but they absolutely love the noise it makes.