Many of my friends back in New York and elsewhere have a glib or dismissive attitude toward Los Angeles. It’s a place of strip malls and traffic and not much else, in their opinion.
I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He’s got such a wicked sense of humor.
A part of me wants to sort of try and sound cool and feed this myth that I’m some sort of glamorous lothario, but I was raised by women – my mother and her mother and my aunts – and as a result, most of my friends have always been women.
A great song is a great song, whether it’s on vinyl or CD or cassette or reel to reel or mp3. Then again, that might be an overly optimistic view, but I do think that great music will transcend the medium in which it is delivered.
If you’re inclined to dismiss L.A. as a place of unrelenting vapidity and generic 1980s architecture, then you’re doing yourself and L.A. a huge disservice, and you’re just not looking hard enough.
Most artists, you know, you spend their entire lives learning how to play music and write songs, and they don’t really know how the music business works.
Being a vegan is pretty easy these days, as almost every town and city has health food stores and vegetarian-friendly restaurants.
I may be a lifelong ‘downtowner,’ but Central Park really is the most amazing and the most beautiful part of New York City.
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.
I think a lot of self-importance is a product of fear. And fear, living in sort of an un-self-examined fear-based life, tends to lead to narcissism and self-importance.
Mainly I’m a vegan because I like animals, and I don’t want to be involved in their suffering. Also, it’s better for my health and for the environment.
I don’t sleep very well when I travel. And as a result, I tend to be awake in cities when everyone else is asleep.
I’d much rather go out and have music randomly presented to me by different DJs than stay home and discover it on my own.
The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.