I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I think about that. I now have a standard line. I tell them, 'I would rather be heard than paid.'

I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.

I'm most comfortable on stage.

I think the U.K. is an amazing place and has been extremely good to me. Some of my favorite and most-listened-to bands are from England. I have met many good people there and have been in front of some of the most loyal audiences I have ever encountered.

My love is a thousand French poets puking black blood on your Cure CD collection.

I mean I appreciate fan mail and that the people like what I am doing but I can't answer it. If I would answer 25 letters a day I would be just a guy answering mail and not an artist anymore.

Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind.