People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular.

Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection.

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

Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color red and red reminds you of the color your not supposed to wear around a bull. So you name the song 'Cow.'

I rummage around in artistic things from the past. If you don't understand the context, they wouldn't make any sense. I rummage around in conceptual ideas of the future, but if you don't know the source of the thinking, [it] wouldn't make any sense.

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

I realize I'm a mirror.