I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons.

I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being.

I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine.

I somehow hope - naïve though I may be, utopian, possibly - that my music has some kind of calming effect on the universe, that it's somehow beneficial to people.

This is a very difficult thing to remain independent and persistent.

I do use my music to entertain myself, as indeed I use other people's music.

It seems like the more I punish myself, the better it's been. What it is, I'm relentless and I never give up. I never take the easy way out.