But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job.

It's obvious you shouldn't steal, kill or be cruel.

As soon as I got into music, I tried to be a working, real artist who gets paid for what he does, who doesn't have a day job.

I come from an art history background. I studied at a master's degree level; I chose to dork out on art for much of my adult life. A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.

I've got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They're there for me every time.

I like visual images and there are certainly other bands that have strong visual images going all the way back to Elvis Presley, but it's kind of like that's never really been my bag. Probably because I'm too shy.

I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn't a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn't deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.