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

When we've got something to say to the world, we will. I'm really happy that people are interested. "So, what's up with the Pixies record? So, what's up with the Pixies record?" One guy just kept asking me and asking me in an interview, and I kept saying, "I just got done telling you no, there's nothing to report."

My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn't how people are going to receive them, because they don't know the code.

I don't like to have everything all worked out in my head because there's always a chance of it coming out different than you think it should anyway.

I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.

It's sour grapes, I admit, I want to be more famous so people are examining my work couplet by couplet, you know what I mean? That's the level where I want to go.

You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.