You might as well enjoy the day - you never know when and how painfully it could all end.

There is a concerted effort to keep you and me, you know, the people, away from what it [war] really looks like, 'cause when you're selling war, when it's such a big industry. What they don't tell you is the rest of it and the down side of it. And so obviously there is a lot of money and a lot of time and effort being spent on that campaign "perpetual war for perpetual peace".

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.

The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority.

Don't let despair mutate your flesh Look at my twisted stumps of thought See the fingers, listen to the voice I am slowly becoming the end of the line.

What you do for yourself is one thing. What you do for others is something else entirely.

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.