I don't know how to sell out. If I tried to sell out I don't think I could.

I met a redneck on a Grecian isle who did the Goat Dance very well.

Rolling Stone hates me. They must have an editorial policy to do me in for many years.

A little lawyer on the tube, he said, its so easy now, anyone can sue.

The thing that started me painting originally was seeing Bambi when I was about nine. I was incredibly disturbed by the forest fire that killed Bambi's mother, and that distress gave me the impulse to create something, as a way of dealing with it.

It's in my stars to invent; I was born on Madame Curie's birthday. I have this need for originals, for innovation. That's why I like Charlie Parker.

I don't like to make fluffy little songs, but now I want to make some light songs.