The Blue album, there’s hardly a dishonest note in the vocals. At that period of my life, I had no personal defenses. I felt like a cellophane wrapper on a pack of cigarettes. I felt like I had absolutely no secrets from the world and I couldn’t pretend in my life to be strong. Or to be happy. But the advantage of it in the music was that there were no defenses there, either.

Fear is like the wilderland - Stepping stones or sinking sand

I have lost my credibility as a hit maker because of these side excursions into other branches of music; by not being consistent. Consistency seems to be all-important.

The God of the Old Testament is the depiction of evil.

I try not to steal from myself, but the modalities create similarities.

The bands and the roadies, love 'em and leave 'em. It's pleasure to try 'em, but trouble to keep 'em.

When I began experimenting, people weren't ready for it. Once it's in its second and third generational stages, people can accept it.