The first year I was in New York, I met Martha Graham. She said, 'Well, Mr. Wilson, what do you want to do in life?' I was 21 years old, and I said, 'I have no idea.' And she said, 'If you work long enough and hard enough, you'll find something.'

When you move to New York, especially, you feel like you need to be something.

New York is very provincial. They're very cut-off; they don't have an awareness of so much that is going on in the world.

When I was 16, I was in Boston and some friends said, 'You want to go to New York?,' I went with my roommate... These guys said, 'We're going to this club. Just don't go in the washroom.' It was CBGB. I had no idea what it was or the history of all the music. All I knew was this was my first 21-and-over club and I managed to get in!

I met Drew Barrymore in New York and she said she liked the band. That was really cool. I grew up on her.

You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times.