There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for me as a youth was jazz.

I think that pop, and to some extent rock, are like sport and fashion industry in that they're about the exuberance of youth. That's the sort of subliminal ideology.

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place them, juxtapose them in such a way as to make an adventure out of the sequence of the songs.

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that never really got made.

Having money didn't make me less of a socially incapable loser; it just made me a socially incapable loser who wasn't in debt.

When a person earns money, it makes sense if he spends it himself. It's a shame when a person earns money, and some strange funds spend it.

Time is money, and the more breaks given, the less money that is made.

I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money.