What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much.

We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive.

Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.

If a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don't listen to the lyrics.

A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique.

I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are big. So, if you have a lot of people there, the percentage of stupid people is bound to be higher.

I think most musicians know if they make the same record twice, even if they say they don't.

Despite my own doubts of being marketable or crushworthy, my goal was to write a record of peppy pop songs, hopefully without annoying anybody.

We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.

I didn't really like confessional poetry or things. They seemed sort of dated to me, or just corny.

The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.

Life is neither a play nor a party. But the love of prayer.

I love short stories because I believe they are the way we live.

The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference.

Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.

The problem we are dealing with at the border is not a Democratic problem. It is not a Republican problem. It is an American problem.

Capital exploits the labour of a few to multiply itself.

Those who still think that listening isn’t an art should see if they can do it half as well.

I'm kind of known for something that's not so great to be known for.

Technology makes good DJ's better, but also allows your average person to think they're a DJ, and unfortunately there's no checks and balances about people making it a career.

Sustained change only happens when we shift at an emotional rather than logical level.