I'm just trying to get rid of all the mystery surrounding me and let people see what I'm thinking. So they can understand me and stop assuming things about me.

I never felt happy with the idea that part of what I do is to be an object to be looked at. I thought of my public persona as an entity separate to myself.

A heart that hurts is a heart that works.

It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.

I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.

I'm kind of an emotional exhibitionist.

I don't make money on the road, and so there's less and less incentive for me to do it when I don't have that adolescent desire for whatever it is, glory or fame.