In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.

I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.

I hate how in magazine pictures, they always stick me somewhere in the back. It means they don't think I'm the cute one.

What bothers me is when music becomes entertainment. Of course, music is supposed to be entertaining, but go back to any period of time - music had a cultural significance on different levels, whether it was folk music, it was the news of the village, or it had to do with the rites of passage.

I think the days of working with producers in the conventional sense are over for me.

Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo.

Usually the intention of the artistic effect is too sophisticated for most people to understand, sort of like a joke that they don't get so they don't think it's funny.