I guess I am famous in a way. I would rather consider it recognizable - I think that is more logical. I don't feel famous.

Some people tell me that they like what I do, which is great, of course. The perfect irony and truth is that I need them much more than they need me.

I look at pictures of you because I am afraid that you would notice me staring in real life. I looked at your picture today for countless minutes. It is closer than I’ll ever get to you for real. I felt like I was looking at a captured animal at a safe distance. If you knew I was doing this, you would feel sickened and frightened. That’s why you’ll never know. Years will go by and you’ll never know. I will never say the things that I want to say to you. I know the damage it would do. I love you more than I hate my loneliness and pain.

It's always been impressive to me when someone can really do what they want onstage. The audience has confidence in the performer and the performer has confidence in the crowd.

When you title yourself, you immediately lend yourself to all kinds of pretension

To this day, my haircut is the number two clippers, which I apply to myself every month.

Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.