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.

Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it - it's no longer my piece of writing.

If I never wake again, I certainly will have lived while I was alive.

Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd was the first person in rock I had seen with makeup on. He wore black nail polish and lots of mascara and black eye shadow, and he was so mysterious. It was this androgynous thing I found absolutely fascinating.

Touring with Iggy Pop was something to do. It was good fun. I got drunk a lot.

I don't mind trying it out and making sure something seems to work well.

Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.