My whole life, people have been saying, "Why are you so angry?" and I didn't know what the hell they were talking about. After I saw myself at the MTV Awards, I realized, Wow, I do kind of come off a bit intense. I wasn't upset at MTV at all - I didn't mean to come off that way. But I think it's good if I appeared a bit angry. People are too complacent.

I don't think what I look like is relevant.

I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons.

You're all I need and maybe some faith would do me good.

I'd say that I've been reclusive the last 34 years. That was my big thing as a kid, staying home from school. I've trained myself to be psychosomatically sick a lot. Anytime I go out, it is just something to deal with, even walking to the grocery store. If I'm supposed to go from one place to another place that isn't that comfortable, I usually don't go.

Categories are gibberish to me. I understand - it helps people organize their thoughts. But you can't go too far with it.

My mind goes to tragedy first.