As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them or not.

Anyone who wants to help me doesn't. Anyone who wants to kill me might. Anyone who wants to love me better not.

I know I was a generic dysfunctional child, but I think a lot of people are.

The times I have tried to get close to someone resulted in me feeling threatened and weak.

So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life.

The material you work with is that which you will come to resemble. That which you work against will always work against you, including yourself.

I'm not a singer. If you've heard any of my records, that's not singing. I have no vocal qualities whatsoever. I've got a lot of enthusisam and I go to the cross, but there's no skill going on there. It's more just intuitiveness.