In his way, he was the closest equivalent this decade and this generation of rock fans had to a John Lennon, and I don't make that comparison easily or impulsively.

He really didn't care about a lot of things that you're supposed to care about in the public arena. He really just didn't care.

I think one of the reasons so many people connected to him is they could tell his music was really pure and instinctual.

I still dream about Kurt. Every time I see him in a dream, I'll be amazed and I get this feeling that everyone else thinks he's dead. It always feels totally r…

Je le prends deux fois par semaine, Haydn quatre fois et Mozart tous les jours. Vous me direz, Beethoven est un colosse, qui vous donne souvent des coups de po…

Of course [Kate Bush] is still relevant. I wasn't actually in the country when her music first came out, so I only discovered it three or four years ago. What'…

'He could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.'