I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everythin...
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I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the way I'm doing everything as it happens. I'm just trying my best.
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I like music because it's the only invisible art form.
I like music because it's the only invisible art form.
I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth between those two instruments to he...
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I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth between those two instruments to help me get inspired.
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There's no single movement out there. It's not like in the '60s, when "Revolver" came out and that's...
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There's no single movement out there. It's not like in the '60s, when "Revolver" came out and that's just it for the next year.
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Now, music almost feels naked in my mind.
Now, music almost feels naked in my mind.
Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you ...
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Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.
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I feel like part of me is very strange- a real weirdo. That's probably the artistic side. I think I ...
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I feel like part of me is very strange- a real weirdo. That's probably the artistic side. I think I have another side that's more integrated and sociable. There's a sort of battle between my anti-social and my social personalities.
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Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessaril...
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Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist.
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The most important thing in my father's life? World peace. Me and my brother. My mom.
The most important thing in my father's life? World peace. Me and my brother. My mom.
I like to have books around to give me ideas--to get the verbal part of my brain to start working.
I like to have books around to give me ideas--to get the verbal part of my brain to start working.
I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so...
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I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever.
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I like songs and film because you can turn your life into a sort of myth or dream.
I like songs and film because you can turn your life into a sort of myth or dream.
I try not to do anything by formula.
I try not to do anything by formula.
[1983] Peace is a good thing, and so is salmon when it's smoked.
[1983] Peace is a good thing, and so is salmon when it's smoked.
For me, songwriting is something I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to ...
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For me, songwriting is something I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day.
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It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me, that would've b...
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It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me, that would've been stupid.
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I like songs that have lots of different parts in them, an intro, an outro and a bridge.
I like songs that have lots of different parts in them, an intro, an outro and a bridge.
I like songs that go to different places and then come back.
I like songs that go to different places and then come back.
I'm lucky that a lot of my friends are in the entertainment industry.
I'm lucky that a lot of my friends are in the entertainment industry.
There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one ...
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There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.
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I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're...
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I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] of rock music.
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My tendency is to be very experimental.
My tendency is to be very experimental.
Making films is great. You've got 100 people around and you're all dressing up and making weird art-...
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Making films is great. You've got 100 people around and you're all dressing up and making weird art--it's a fun group activity.
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Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to wo...
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Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.
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Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I did...
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Growing up, I fantasized about being a rock musician and that somehow it would be really easy. I didn't realize that it's so much work.
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I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe that the way one processes inf...
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I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe that the way one processes information is by making it into art. That's how I live my life.
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The work I've done, I'm really feeling the effects of it.
The work I've done, I'm really feeling the effects of it.
I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in pe...
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I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person.
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I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general existential crisis that I think the wor...
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I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general existential crisis that I think the world and I are going through.
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[on being compared to his father, John Lennon] I'm so used to it. I'm more taken aback when I'm aske...
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[on being compared to his father, John Lennon] I'm so used to it. I'm more taken aback when I'm asked something that isn't about my dad. That's when I get really surprised. I mean, my whole life has been responding to questions about him. It doesn't bother me at all. It's beyond being bothered. You can't be bothered by, you know, wind.
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We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels li...
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We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not.
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I did a record with a producer, and the good producers eat up the budget, so I didn't have any budge...
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I did a record with a producer, and the good producers eat up the budget, so I didn't have any budget left to produce this record. I had to produce it myself.
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