If I had gone ahead and died ten years ago, I'd probably be a cult figure today.

Whenever I’m interested in something, I know the timing’s off, because I’m always interested in the right thing at the wrong time. I should just be getting interested after I’m not interested any more.

There are beautiful sounds in rock. Very lazy, dreamlike noises. You can forget about the lyrics in most songs. Just dig the noise, and you've got your sound...We're musical primitives.

An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.

...the more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel.

I broke something and realized I should break something once a week to remind me how fragile life is.

You need to let little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.