I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on?

One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail.

Personally, being somewhat envious of Richard's (Thompson) songwriting and guitar playing, it's somewhat satisfying he's not yet achieved household-name status. It serves him right for being so good.

People hear about stuff from their friends or a magazine or a newspaper.

The Heads were the only band on that scene that had a groove.

I'm just wearing regular street clothes. Pretty much all the time. In the summertime, or when it gets warm out, shorts and sandals or something like that. Stuff that I don't mind getting a little sweaty.

I don't believe that crime, danger and poverty make for good art. That's bullshit.