I couldn't have written things like 'Low' and 'Heroes,' those particular albums, if it hadn't have been for Berlin and the kind of atmosphere I felt there.
Dürer would have seen a reason for living in a town like this.
It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so inspired by it, the aspirational feeling you'd get spending time there. Experiences that were really specific to that place.
I love Richmond. I think growing up here had a profound influence on my music.
I always write well in New York.
There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even—the French air clears up the brain and does good—a world of good.
Japan, for me, will always be my inspiration source.
When people ask me about color in my work, I tend to say that it came from spending a lot of time in Panama.
The idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California.
I always come back to Inglewood for inspiration when I need it.
