“I would always just sort of pick up instruments and make noise with ’em.”

I think winter wear is communal.

I’m a self-taught musician, so I never really had the restrictions of any one instrument.

You can’t expect people to do the right thing or else they will go to hell. We are already in hell!.

We can not be naive and think we can go it alone.

But the root of my happiness comes from my neighborhood, NYC.

It was all about – very selfish in a lot of ways.

I think it’s important that we run that tension between the way things are.

Ethical systems and practices need to look good.

When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate.

My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.

And I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who’s looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.

People, instead of competing, they can actually support each other, in music.

This is just one reason why I am thrilled to be working with the UN Environment as its Goodwill Ambassador.

Food is just the greatest joy on the planet.

I don’t think it’s necessarily the right way to go about it, because I think we need to really just improve our every moment and improve our quality of life.

I’ve always been a very rebellious, philosophical person.

Sometimes when I perform, and it’s obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me and the audience, I get existential about it.

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.

I’m not a big fan of just doing weights. Anything more physical is infinitely better.

People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.

And sure enough, even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough.

My mom and dad always taught acting, so instead of getting me babysitters, they would just bring me to class.

You could do so much for me if you just would. If you just knew. I am I and you are you and I know it and you don’t know it and you could do so much for me if you just would and if you just would then I could tell you and then nobody would have to know it except you and me.

Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.