I thought that if I practiced doing melodies for a year or so at home, I would learn to think melodically, and when I went to work it would come out, and it did, on this album. What else was important to me...? I spend a lot of time in the grocery store, shopping.

I'm glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they're lying.

Well, I don't use the toilet much to pee in. I almost always pee in the yard or the garden, because I like to pee on my estate.

I stayed in L.A. long enough to get on my feet, and then I moved back to New York. The reason I moved here was that I don't feel warm outside of a city; it's too barren in the suburbs, and L.A. is a suburb. Here, it felt active.

What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen.

I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.

Studios are like hospitals. A lot of people check in, and they don't check out.