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The thing that inspires me most is empathizing with people's flaws and seeing how they deal with them. That sort of connection you feel with... →
I've never been one to think it was cheating to sample this or to loop the drum part there - I've always done that. Even using four-track... →
I'm trying to avoid having regrets about missing opportunities. That would be the worst thing. Like having an audience waiting, and not working... →
I have the soundtrack for 'A Clockwork Orange,' which is kind of cool. I guess I don't really end up buying a lot of modern soundtracks.... →
I have no ethics when it comes to art. You just do what you can to make it as beautiful as you can.
Maybe it's just parenthood that puts you in a situation where you just have to develop a new attitude, I guess, about things.
Honestly, humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy, and I think that the friends I have who are trying to somehow go it alone are... →
The love you have for your kids is so overwhelmingly powerful that it alters your perspective. The dark things going on in the world become very... →
We played a festival in Ireland once, and in the middle of 'New Slang,' the Scissor Sisters kicked in across the field on this mega stage. It... →
As a child, I lived in Germany at the Ramstein air force base, where my dad sang at a nightclub in Kaiserslautern. My parents couldn't afford a... →
My hope is that one day I'll be able to work and have a quieter life, but still a creative life.
I know that there are a lot of sort of silly things that one thinks as a music listener about bands. I am a fan of many bands.
Meeting Perry Farrel was kind of cool. He's such an icon, and I was such a fan of Jane's Addiction.