Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists.

To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.

Musically, I don't think I'd ever dry up. I trust my musical invention.

It's life's illusions that I recall, I really don't know life at all

I wanted to paint in a folk-artist-y way. My heroes were Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, and Rembrandt. I think Picasso is about as a modern as I got. But I incorporated things that they rejected as well as movements that happened later.

I hang my laundry on the line when I write.

When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark.