The Flaming Lips have been on Warner Bros. forever, and certainly everything I heard growing up was on a major label in some way, from the Cure to Radiohead to Bjork.

I studied the Bible and philosophy in college, and I think in a certain sense that's the kind of stuff that still makes my brain work.

It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage.

I was really sick of bands just ignoring the audience as a posture in rock music. And I think we fed off each other in terms of trying to engage the audience, not in a hammy way, but actually trying to be aware of the space that you are playing in and trying to connect in some way through the music.

What I think is sad about the rom-com genre is that it has adopted this pejorative title. I think the reason why there haven't been as many great ones is because we are fighting against the genre itself. If it is a romantic comedy then snuggle up to the fact that it can be a really earnest, refreshing feeling to feel good after a movie.

Comedy taste changes. It only changes slightly, but there's always a different angle, a different attitude.

I'm a professional hanger outer. I'm a super liability, too. I joke around, and I'm like a hyperactive child.

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.