Initially, I was very much concerned with having absolute control. But as time has gone by, I'm not. I mean, the whole first record was really just how I spent my free time: stoned and drinking coffee in my house, spending three hours on a song.

All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.

When I met Ronnie Spector, she walked in and said, 'You look like me.'

It's very expensive to bring a band to New York.

Initially, I was very much concerned with having absolute control. But as time has gone by, I'm not. I mean, the whole first record was really just how I spent my free time: stoned and drinking coffee in my house, spending three hours on a song.

Wondering what I'm doing tonight I've been in the closet and feel all right

I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.