"I think having a child can really change you if you're open to it."

"My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house."

"There's a side to this industry that nurtures divas who can't write. It's a big business."

"If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone."

"The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one's furniture."

"Telling lies is a fault in a boy, an art in a lover, an accomplishment in a bachelor, and second-nature in a married man."

"My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it be the groove and grunt of James Brown or the pickle-pop sounds of Kraftwerk or Yellow Magic Orchestra, hip hop is also part of what they call hip-house now, or trip hop, or even parts of drum n' bass."

"I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out."