I'm ultimately not so much of a professor as a progresser. And I'm ready to move away from what I consider to be this weird mid-century dream that I feel pulls us as a country, and us as a culture, backward.

I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the amplification and the lights.

There are certain moments where artwork might seem like it's part of someone's career - if you really know the art world - , but I did my best to prevent that overlap.

Talking to all those great writers and artists for the magazine was a form of graduate school for me.

I definitely don't take any of intrusions in my private life personally. You learn how to have a sense of humor pretty quickly. I honestly don't keep up on it unless it's something that would hurt someone else. I can take care of myself, that's not the problem. But it's just not fair to bring anyone else into the picture.

The death drive is parasitic. It runs off of other drives, leeching off of them.

Today, MTV doesn't play videos anymore, but YouTube certainly has become the next MTV.