I don't buy a lot when I travel, but when I do, I like to send gifts from wherever I am. It's fun to find the local post office.

I get a little sick of myself as a solo artist. I get a little bit bored.

The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.

I'm not a very good advice-giver.

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 been embarrassing myself publicly for over 20 years. Why should I stop now?

My whole life was writing, recording and touring over and over again. At some point I realised I wasn't enjoying myself any more.