Desire Is Individual. Happiness Is Common.

Who You Are Vs. Who You Wish You Were: Who Wins?

Vanity Can Easily Overtake Wisdom. It Usually Overtakes Common Sense.

The Way Lou Reed Wrote And Sang About Drugs And Sex, About The People Around Him - It Was So Matter-of-fact.

In L.a., It's So Sunny Out All The Time That Even Though I'm Working All Day I Have This Illusion That I'm On Some Kind Of Vacation. New York Is So Condensed And Exciting But You Stay There Too Long And All That Turns Into Anxiety A Little Bit. It's Nice To Escape Here And There.

Making An Album Can Be Like Being Pregnant: You Want To Pop That Thing Out And Show Everybody!