Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community.

The idea of making music from an imaginary culture was to give ourselves a set of restrictions and parameters within which to work. Otherwise, we might have just gone on all kinds of creative detours, some of which might have been interesting. But better we confine ourselves to something.

I should watch network television, or daytime television, because I'm not sure who all these people are who keep getting referred to in blogs and newspapers. I better get myself culturally attuned.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.

Having unlimited choices can paralyze you creatively.