Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.

I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.

I know there are some labels that put out music for art's sake, but I don't know which ones.

I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it.

After all, nothing helps to write lyrics more than to mess around with the language.

I think people listen to whatever they think is good.

I've always considered myself a workaholic... The way I work, I have to turn myself upside down and hang myself by my ankles and wring myself out like a wet sweater, and I have to do that with other people, too, because I think that's where something good comes out.