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

When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person.

I wanted to be a writer. I still want to be a prose writer. I feel I am more temperamentally suited to that kind of life, although there are things I still want to do with music.

I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses.

I'm pretty good with languages. I know a bit of French and actually want to live in France some day so that I can get fluent. I think it'd be tragic to go through life only knowing one language.

I love playing in front of people. I feel powerful, 'cause I don't have to really say anything - I'm just singing.

I could make a whole album with no one else involved at all. It would be a total, unadulterated expression of myself. Because whenever you have others playing on a project, their influence becomes a part of it.