The world is becoming nicer and easier, but that doesn't mean we are any less lonely or any more connected.
I loved Fugazi, the D.C. hardcore band, because they always did everything themselves. They had their own label, and the CDs always cost nine dollars, the T-shirts always cost eight dollars, the shows always cost five dollars, no major label.
After 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which was this big, long five-year project, I spent a year making small things.
I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.
Everything in L.A. is - it's just an easy place to live in. The houses are nice, the backyards are nice, you got the ocean right there and the mountains behind you; there's an idealised easiness to the way you live and the whole environment.
I'm very nervous about taking jobs. I always make sure that, if I'm going to work with somebody, that they really understand what it is that I want to do. I'd rather not take the job than be vague about how I'm going to do something and run into trouble later on. It's a hard thing to negotiate.
I'm fortunately not, like, typecast. I don't have to just do one kind of thing; I can do all kinds of things that reflect different parts of me.
I remember when MySpace came out. It did do something pretty incredible - which was unite people around the world with common interests and common tastes.