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" There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they somehow believe that they can sell 10 million records. That's delusional. No one sells 10 million records. The days of musicians getting rich off of selling records are done. "

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" I think there are two types of photographers, those who want to document the world and those who want to create their own world. I am more interested in documenting the world and presenting it to people with the question attached, 'Does this make any sense to you?' "

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" If you and I become vegans, the global consequences aren't going to be that much. But if we can get a few hundred million people to become a little more aware and cut back on their animal consumption, the consequences will be great. "

" Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience. "

" I always feel kind of absurd and presumptuous presenting a speech. "

" I need an audience way more than an audience needs me. "

" I know, in my heart of hearts, I don't do things for money. "

" I still never get recognized. Small, bald white guys like myself - we all kind of look the same. "

" I don't know many artists who are happy with themselves all of the time. "

" When you say 'failure,' that seems really dramatic, but a lot of failure is just really depressing and mundane. I remember the first time I ever played a concert in Italy. I played a venue that held 900 people, and I think five people showed up. It wasn't a big, 'John Carter of Mars' type failure. It wasn't dramatic; it was just depressing. "

" When I was in my twenties, I thought I was bulletproof. "

" I love it when celebrities fall apart. "

" The average life expectancy of a celebrity is 20 years less than someone working in a coal mine. "

" I've never seen 'Friends;' I've never seen 'Seinfeld.' I've heard people reference these things but I've never seen them. "

" For me to speak out against the war in Iraq, you know - most of my fans are lefties anyway, so I don't really get much flack for it. "

" Every single day the world seems like it is on the brink of falling apart. But then I look outside my window, and things look about the same as they did a week ago. It's almost a form of cognitive dissonance. "

" It's sometimes too easy to point fingers when circumstances dramatically go awry, but as an addict, I'm ultimately responsible for my own decisions, no matter how benign or tragic the consequences. "

" My mother and I were on welfare and food stamps until I was 18, so I've always had this ethos of, like, 'try and make a little bit of money now because you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.' "

" There's a fairly extensive network of musicians on tour who are all trying to stay sober, and we generally reach out to each other and offer support when and where we can. "

" I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer. "

" I buy things with the best of intention of living in them and then life intercedes. "

" Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach. "

" Music is just air moving around. "

" People assume that somehow fame and wealth will keep mortality at bay. "

" I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance. "

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" One of the nice things about licensing music to movies or advertisements is you can reach a lot of people who normally wouldn't hear music. "

" Musically, New York is a big influence on me. Walk down the street for five minutes and you'll hear homeless punk rockers, people playing Caribbean music and reggae, sacred Islamic music and Latino music, so many different types of music. "

" As long as the world continues to be strange and interesting, I still want to take pictures of it. "

" Sacha Baron Cohen is one of my heroes. "

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" If a musician is making a mediocre, self-indulgent body of work, they have to know that, for the most part, people aren't going to be interested. "

" I'm obsessed with politics, and I talk about it any chance I can get. I have strong opinions about how the world should be run. "