Hardcore bands were coming out with names like Urban Waste and The Mob, you know, a lot of kind of tough names. So Beastie Boys was the stupidest name we could come up with. And unfortunately, it stuck.

I have no idea about the state of rap. I don't pay attention. I just listen to old music that I have.

My specialties include macaroni and cheese and ordering Chinese-food delivery.

'Licensed to Ill' was like a cold, and we took so much vitamin C that we'd never get that cold again.

To me, a New Yorker is someone that has general disdain toward landlords, mass-transit authorities, electric companies, sports-team managers, NYU and its students, and anything new.