Here in this moment we are beautiful, nocturnal creatures and our thoughts and words are jewels guarded by the moon.

I get a lot of shit because I put "I" in the lyrics all the time. The "I" is always for someone else... When I say "I," it's so that when that person is singing along with the song, it empowers them.

I got my heart broken. My spirit got shattered and mutilated. I will not be coming back from this. I don’t want to.

August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I've been listening to in the late spring and summer.

The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.

I think I am the most impressed with writing styles that defy category, like Kharms or Selby, Breton or Jarry, where you become as interested in the writer as much as the writing itself. It's all these things that make reading so appealing to me.

I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things.