I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!

I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.

I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.

I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.

I enjoy working with complicated equipment. A lot of my things started just with a rhythm box, but I feed it through so many things that what comes out sounds very complex and rich.

I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it.

I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.

For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.

For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always sound first and then the line afterwards.

Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, it's different every time. I know how to create settings, unusual aural environments. That inspires him. He's very quick.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.

As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me.

Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.

A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.

I like... piecing things together because it gives you a product that you would never have come up with just sitting down and writing on a blank slate.

I'm curious what the acting world is like; I'm so foreign to it that I'd be curious to see what that's all about.

I would love to act. I get to do it in three and a half minutes in a video on a three-day shoot, which is fun.

I like to be flamboyant, play characters, wear make-up, play dress up. I was doing that since I was a kid.

There's always nerves when you're releasing something.

I'm trying to be number one. I'm doing the best I can and working the hardest I've ever worked to ensure I've got that number one spot.

I used to study 'Hunky Dory' - and be mad that I hadn't figured out anything that cool!

Halsey's a really great artist - her voice is great, and she has a really cool message behind her songs.

When I was younger, I thought once I hit 25, I'd slow down. Nope!