I can picture the character in my head, and the voice just comes out.
It's impossible to compare two bands. It would be like comparing two lovers.
I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.
My uncle and my grandfather both worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The light you see at the end of the tunnel is the front of an oncoming train.
There's no reason we shouldn't have 15 or 20 Johnny Rockets in Dubai.
I'm not a big reggae dude. I have maybe two other reggae albums.
Growing up in Boston and dancing in the streets, you see a lot of things.
Music is the one place in mass media where kids editorialize to kids.
I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform.
I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes.
How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to.
That's it. With equal parts regret and relief, the Jane's Addiction experiment is at an end.
There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie.
He's such a drag He's not insane It's just that everybody Has to feel his pain.
You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true.
The very first song I wrote was about a boy that I was obsessed with.
It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different.
Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound.
I think that after a year of Portishead I've become a little more sober.
I play with toys. I have one plane that travels with me. It travels with the equipment.