You can pout about the way the world is as long as you want, but that's not going to change it. You've got to figure it out.

I envisioned all these people who had been admired for having been freaks in their own time, and I saw myself in line with them.

I love everybody. You have to embrace all facets of humanity; love and accept everyone as being part of yourself.

I do enjoy my solo time ... I want to stay home and do soundtracks and watch TV in my underwear with a keyboard on my lap and just be a couch potato.

I always want to be a member in the audience, and I want to hear it from their point of view and see it from their point of view so I can know if it's good. But that's just my issues, not a real problem.

I tried to just do things like make some money, be responsible, help out other artists who I see have had a similar path.

In the years between 2000 and 2004, I always got the feeling that people were just starting to hear about me and they were all late to the game. I'd be out playing shows for records that I recorded back in 1999 that were just coming out.