It's the way life is, I suppose. Whatever happens, you deal with it.

If you make something good and interesting and not ridiculing someone or being offensive, the creators of the original material will like it.

I admire the abstract expressionists and pop artists so right now I'm referencing American '60s art and at the same time referencing Japanese manga culture.

People who care about records are always giving me a hard time. I mean, I would destroy records in performances, and break them, and whatever I could do to them to create a sound that was something else than just the sound that was in the groove.

You can get so many sounds out of one record. Every record can be used in some way.

We go to the movies to forget about time, to be in a dream state. And it's entertainment, distraction, from the fact that everything is kind of crumbling in front of our eyes.

As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood.