The most important thing is to write in your own blood. I bare intimate feelings because people should know how other people feel.

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy.

I'm not a pitiable creature. It's just that I suffer very eloquently.

Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep.

Lord, there's danger in this land, you get witch hunts and wars when church and state hold hands.

My parents told me I'd point to a bed of flowers and say 'Pink. Pretty,' before I knew any other words.

In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time.