Until I was six years old we lived in the projects, then my two brothers and three sisters and I moved to a three-bed that my mother's father built.

My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian.

Sometimes when I hear my voice on tape, I'm like, 'Who is that horrible man?

I don't know why I'm alive but I know there's a reason for it.

I don't really like to sit around the house listening to my own records. They're not that good.

Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.

Most bands are commercial enterprises. But I'm not in one of those bands.