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Albums are chapters. They're part of a story.

Books are so cheap and easy to get that people don't bother stealing them, which is the essential rule of piracy that the music business learned much too late.

I try not to recommend too many books, frankly, because I think there's a certain synchronicity that happens when people discover books.

You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.

An album is like a book or a diary or a snapshot... It just feels so like the end of a chapter when you finish one.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting. Then it's nice to add other levels underneath that people can pick up on.

Books are our umbilical cord to life. They connect us deeply, and with more meaning, to the world. They aren't about escaping from ourselves but expanding ourselves and finding within us the tools we need to survive.

Since I spend such a long time making each book, I only choose books that I'm really interested in and that I really love.