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The reality is that people think it's okay to steal music.

For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.

You make your music, then you try to find whatever audience is out there for it.

The audience, they're not professionals. They just love music. It isn't necessary to play over their heads to be admired.

I do not believe that people should steal music, but I think that fans need a better alternative, hence why I am such a fan of Apple, where you can simply buy a song for $0.99; it is very easy, it is a value-packed service... and this is a result of the shakeup... something has to happen in the music industry.

Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in a way that other people can't.

Punishing people for listening to music is exactly the wrong way to protect the music business.

It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music.

It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it completely, but I don't dwell on it too much.

The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.