I'm not a very good advice-giver.

The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.

The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.

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

It may seem strange, but the most grateful I've ever felt was when I was held up at gunpoint. After I handed over my wallet and the mugger ran off into the woods, I thought, 'Thank you for not shooting me.' I was overwhelmingly glad to be alive and unharmed.

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've finally learned to love my voice for its uniqueness.