Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do.

It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.

Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return.

I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.

My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.

Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being.