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I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.


CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.


When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em.


See, to me, rock'n'roll doesn't have any point. It's just fun. It has a million different angles and they're all valid. But I think rock might be a world issue.


I was trying to spend it as quickly as possible. Because I'm so lazy, all that money created a block. I was flying around the world, staying at fancy hotels, having fun and trying to get rid of it as quickly as possible, so I could get on with some more work.


I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in which I write down phrases as they occur to me. That's how I write songs. I'll need a line and I'll go through the books and find it, the right rhyme and everything.


You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true.


When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.


The best songs I write in 20 minutes.


Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.


Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle.


Rock stars wanting to write is even worse than wanting to act in movies, right?


My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.


It's better when you have your wife with you, more fun.


It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.


I used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again.


I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.


I need the money. People don't understand how little money you make in a band.


I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think.


I have to make rock records occasionally.