I regret trusting The Guardian. I didn't want to do an interview, but the journalist was persistent. [The writer] was masked as a fan, but was hiding sinister ambitions and angles. Maybe he's actually the boring one looking for something interesting to write about.

I never stopped writing about what was actually going on in my life. There's nothing to hide.

Down on the West Coast I get this feeling like it all could happen.

Dope and diamonds, dope and diamonds, that's all that I want

I'm personally more struck by visual things more than musical.

I'm not like a persona. I'm not a caricature of myself.

I suppose my approach to religion is like my approach to music - I take what I want and leave the rest.