Now, in music, it seems more like the popular crowd suppresses anyone who is different.

I don't like being approached by people who look at me too intensely, who needed something from me that I didn't have. I don't represent anything.

That's what music is to me. Like, stuff that I really like to play loud. And I've got my quiet CDs, too, that I listen to around the house, but if you can't go there, then... Everyone gets so upset with me, I can't win

You been around enough to see that if you think you're it, you better check with me.

I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff.

I'm competitive, so I don't like to feel marginalized by the people who sell a lot of records.

The license said you had to stick around until I was dead, but if you're tired of looking at my face I guess I already am.