In fact, everything I do is about the conceptualizing and realization of a piece of work, whether it's the recording or the performance side.

Having not really written any generational songs - I think maybe two or three of the songs that I've ever written have any bearing on the age of the listener. My stuff tends to be far more concerned with the spiritual and with subjects like isolation and being miserable.

This ain't rock 'n' roll. This is genocide!

People don't get a chance to think, "Why am I a consumer?" Because the decisions come at them so fast and furiously, they're not [even] given time to think, I am a consumer.

I don't make changes to confuse anyone. I'm just searching. That's what causes me to change. I'm just searching for myself.

I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human.

I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.