I realize I'm a mirror.

I'm like the Fugitive, running from the one-armed indie-rock community!

I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am.

To be able to put your arms around 24 years of music, it's really fun.

I mean, I'm certainly not a 'teaophyte,' or whatever the word would be.

Actually, I was having dinner with Michael [Stipe, of R.E.M.] when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.

If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.