JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
hard lives music saving work
I practice and work hard at my music, but I'm not saving lives here.
dreams
I have those dreams that you can't put into words.
I couldn't have been luckier with my parents.
bills created electric far guy insular life lining pay phone silver somebody sort
I mean, you know, you're looking at a guy who has a manager, who's created a life for me that - I mean, I don't pay phone bills and electric bills. I have somebody to do that for me. I've been very, very lucky. And I live in this insular sort of world, you know, so everything's, you know, everything's got a silver lining as far as I'm concerned.
science
I was interested in science before I even knew what science was.
basis earliest fascinated science trying utopian
Also by my earliest days, I was fascinated by a utopian vision of what the world could be like. I've thought that science could be the basis for a better world, and that's what I've been trying to do all these years.
earliest fascinated
From my earliest days, I was fascinated by science.
area biological biology chemistry industrial next sciences scientific stem
Industrial opportunities are going to stem more from the biological sciences than from chemistry and physics. I see biology as being the greatest area of scientific breakthroughs in the next generation.
vast
The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.
teen van
I was a typical Valley teen, in smoggy Van Nuys.
people turn winter
People don't want to give up their SUVs. They don't want to turn the thermostat down in the winter and up in the summer.
backyard call falls guess house produce shines strategic trash
Some would call me an environmentalist. I don't know why. I reuse the water that falls in my backyard in the winter. I reuse the trash and clippings I produce for mulch. I reuse the rain that falls on my roof, and I reuse the sun that shines on my house for energy. I guess you could call me a strategic opportunist as much as an environmentalist.
boy cub encouraged found later liked love nature urged
My father also encouraged my love of nature. He urged me to become a Cub Scout, and later a Boy Scout, and I found I really liked being outdoors.
sports
I'm not in this sport to take punishment.