"I play and I've played in heavy bands, but when I write for myself, I don't particularly feel like writing huge rock riffs. It just doesn't work for me and my voice."

"I mean I like pop music, and I like heavy music and, stuff that I like... the band I've signed on to our label right now; they're called The Sounds. They're kind of like a new-wave pop band."

"I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies."

"I live most of the time in New York now. I have an apartment there."

"It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama."

"There's a logic to dreams that doesn't necessarily follow linear narrative. You don't know why things happen, it's your subconscious pushing you, to give you information."

"I would never sign on to a project that was male-bashing, because first and foremost I'm a man... what guy would sign on for that?"

"I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground."