In my imaginary utopian world there would be a greater allegiance between music writers and musicians.

I love to read about music and about art, but I don't try and take things about mythology or guidelines as to how I'm to behave as an artist. It's the realm of intellectual debate. Actually, more and more my direction is trying to get further away from being self-conscious of what the parameters are of the mainstream, where it intersects with the underground.

It's a strange life... you really don't know how you will impact people or how things will play out.

Until the day we die, our lives are unwritten, which is sometimes a terrifying thought.

I think more like Charlie Chaplin than like Jennifer Anniston.

I think every musician is different, every artist is different, and in a perfect world people would be able to pursue their own path and have the inspiration and the drive to, and the energy and dedication to take their path to its fruition. I don't really believe in formulas.

Life is passing you by as you speak, you're on a path and you're all on the same path toward death.