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

I mean to prove I mean to move in my own way/ And say I've been getting along/ For long before you came into the play.

When I came in from Paris recently, for some reason the guy from customs wanted to know what kind of music I wrote. I was like, "I really want to please you so you don't keep me here, but I have no answer to that."

It's true/ I do imbue my blue unto myself/ I make it bitter.

Just tolerate my little fist tugging on your forest chest

I really, really enjoy fitting words together - but I only enjoy it when it's easy, when it sort of rolls along by itself. I never erase anything [and] I hardly ever write anything down... The song will be finished before I write it down... I won't write a song unless it serves me in some way, unless I feel I have to write the song to make myself feel better. If you're not overflowing with something, there's nothing to give.

As a person who performs on stage, it's good to be emotionally open. If you mess with someone when they are in that state, it's like you're messing with an animal when it's eating.