I do it live on tape with a band. It's not like I'm doing electronic music with a laptop.

I don't think Neil Young has a beautiful voice but it's something that grabs you and the songs are so good.

I can cry myself to sleep because I'm not as great as Leonard Cohen, but who cares? Maybe you can't be as great as some people, but it's a tragedy when you don't follow your dreams.

My whole art is based on escaping life and reality, which might not the best tendency to have when you're trying to be a good person in general. But people can escape into my world easily - artists are supposed to create a keyhole that people can look into.

You can't stay in the desert, you go nuts after 24 hours.

Еhe older you get, the more baggage you have, and the harder it is to just split.

I think I've been a bit misunderstood; the first record was more timid than I wanted it to be. I don't like getting pinned down by sex or how I sound like because it's not who I am or what I want to be.