I dont think I threw myself into music because I had the best intentions; it was because I was really angry.

I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show.

I think about music in the way that I heard music as a kid - like, Oh my god, there's this weird rubbery ball of undulating things.

I procrastinate, and I push writing to the last available moment, because I don't like to settle on anything. I guess you can call it indecision or you can call it holding out for inspiration.

It's really the creature of my own making from top to bottom. I appreciate that. And the good fortune, the perseverance, having the stamina to stick around longer than everyone else even after people write you off - that's always been a good motivating force in my life.

For me, self-gratification eventually took a backseat to trying to do something collaborative with other people, to trying to make something new.

Talk about a struggling artist having to work against enormous odds ... But I love movies so much, so I'm going to do it.