I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don't know if it's because I'm not free to fantasize or create these fantasy things about other people

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.

I think we start suffering as soon as we come out of the womb. I think that people tend to stereotype. When they think of suffering, they think of abuse - physical abuse, emotional abuse, poverty, that kind of thing. There's different levels of suffering. I don't think that it has to do with how much money you have - if you were raised in the ghetto or the Hamptons. For me it's more about perception: self-perception and how you perceive the world.

I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough yet or anything.

The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me.

I don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything.

The thing about Alzheimer's is that it's... it's sort of like all these little, small deaths along the way, before they actually physically die.