People use irony as a defense mechanism.

I don't like begging money from producers.

I love writing. I don't claim to be great at it. Occasionally I get a good sentence off. But I love the activity.

The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.

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

With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.

I found music to be the therapy of choice.