My reputation is a media creation.

What do you have to do to get people to take an interest? I'm not going to go out and cause a silly sex scandal just to sell a record!

If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away.

I'd rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician.

I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way.

I don't believe in pets. I like animals to be wild and free. But I can sit and watch an ant run up and down the floor for hours. I use a magnifying glass to look at the beautiful shape of the thing.

I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max.