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" I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car. "

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" The physical sensation of gliding with the wind in your face is exhilarating. That automatic activity of pedalling, when you have to be awake but not think too much, allows you to let subconscious thoughts bubble up, and things seem to just sort themselves out. And the adrenaline wakes you up if you weren't properly alert. "

" I'm very much into making lists and breaking things apart into categories. "

" The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes over? "

" From what I've heard, Paris did a little bit more prep work as far as making bike lanes and all of that stuff. They really did it properly, which New York is getting to little by little. "

" Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence. "

" As everything becomes digitized, there's the idea that things that can't be digitized become more valuable. "

" I encourage people not to be passive consumers of music and of culture in general. And feeling like, yeah, you can enjoy the products of professionals, but that doesn't mean you don't have to completely give up the reins and give up every connection to music or whatever it happens to be. "

" I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car. "

" Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past? "

" That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you. "

" I'm afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same. "

" Sometimes I write stuff that strangely predicts what's going to happen in my life. "

" I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist that. "

" I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming for, which is not such a good thing. "

" In retrospect, I can see I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching about. Ha! Like, that sure made sense! "

" Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head. "

" In a certain way, it's the sound of the words, the inflection and the way the song is sung and the way it fits the melody and the way the syllables are on the tongue that has as much of the meaning as the actual, literal words. "

" I love getting out of my comfort zone. "

" I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff. "

" I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit. "

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" When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a joke. "

" I use a stream-of-consciousness approach; if you don't censor yourself, you end up with what you're most concerned about, but you haven't filtered it through your conscious mind. Then you craft it. "

" Well, Marx is having a comeback. I hear him mentioned a lot in terms of the global financial situation and the general sense of injustice out there. A lot of economic experts in America refer to him without actually using the M word, but he's around. "

" I've made money, and I've been ripped off. I've had creative freedom, and I've been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will. "

" I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster. "

" With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why. "

" We live in ugly times. "

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