Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has.

Why don't you swallow razor blades?

I was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were continually making art, and it was impossible not to be affected by that.

Writhe and sway to music's pain searing with asides, caress death with a lover's touch for it shall be your bride.

Things always seem to end before they start

I'm not leaving New York. And neither is anyone else. We're here. We are quintessential Americans - we're not only American, but New York-American.

You're a musician: You play. That's what you do.