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.

The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.

I've always been a loner, and I've spent most of my life as a single person.

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

People in L.A. don't have to brace themselves against the cold; they slack off permanently, and their brains turn to mush.

Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death.

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.