I feel like Miami is way, way too hot.
I can't be bothered with narrative. It takes too long for me to try to think of it.
El Perro del Mar sort of accompanied my time at 'SNL.' To concentrate and focus, I would play the bass to one of her songs from her third album.
You should approach everything in life like, 'What is this?'
There's something really easy and just somehow un-crowded about the Portland airport. Every time I go there I'm like, 'Why is this so easy and sweet?'
As far as value goes, obviously it's nicer to be in an environment where you feel comfortable. But it's also clear that it's probably not the most realistic thing.
When you're in a band, you spend most of your time in a van. Like, there were four of us, we toured all the time, and you're stuck looking at three other people for a month straight. And all of those times, we all just liked making fun of people, doing impressions of people, coming up with songs.
Chalkboards being used inside the restaurant seem to be a good sign that the proprietors are proud of their food, and that's kind of nice, actually - it's a nice personal touch.
I will always, no matter what, be a punk more than anything.
'Sandinista!' is a masterpiece.
I really like Au Revoir Simone.
Missing something doesn't help anything. You can only look at the future, what you can keep doing.
When people say that L.A. doesn't have a culture, I think it really does: a very old culture, and very specific. There's streets named after entertainers, and statues of entertainers, and it's great. Entertainment is still art, even if it makes billions of dollars. So it's like a city built on entertainment, and art in a way.
I'm so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That's something that makes me smile.
You have to understand how lucky I feel. I was on 'Saturday. Night. Live.' I played with the Clash! On what planet would I look at anything in my life in any less-than-stellar way?
I would never play a character that wasn't true. It's not a moral thing; it's just that it's more convincing if it's a little bit like me.
I've always been a fan of instructional videos. The bass-player ones are insane. The music on them is fascinating. It's not something you hear on CDs or would really ever play in bands. You listen to it and are like, 'What is happening?' It's this blizzard of notes in weird time signatures, and they're trying to teach you that.
My favorite song is 'Cybele's Reverie' by Stereolab.
I don't think there's an archetype for the Justin Bieber fan. A Bieber fan just looks like an American. You wouldn't even need a costume to try and resemble one.
I was actually late to the punk movement because I was too young.
My problem is with intimacy. That's where I have my biggest problems.
I will always consider myself a punk because of those experiences in high school. It will always be a part of me.
My father came from Germany. My mom came from Venezuela. My father's culturally German, but his father was Japanese. I was raised in New York and spent two years in Rio. My parents met at the University of Southern Mississippi, and they had me there, and then we moved to New York. I'm not very familiar with Mississippi.
All of my memories are now on hard drives. I'll change phones or I'll change my laptop, and all my photos stay.