The character thing really is sort of, for me, personally, rather ancient history.

People are always throwing things at me that I've said and I say that I didn't mean anything.

It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when I'm home.

I'm not sure that an art career would have any benefit for me; I'm not sure it's what I want. I don't think I want to be a designer-rock artist.

A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle. The rock stars have assimilated all kinds of philosophies, styles, histories, writings, and they throw out what they have gleaned from that.

There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people in my family have been in some kind of mental institution, as for my brother he doesn't want to leave. He likes it very much.

If I put faith in medication, if I can smile a crooked smile, if I can talk on television, if I can walk an empty mile.