Swans are majestic, beautiful looking creatures. With really ugly temperaments.

I don't throw my body down on the stage at all anymore because I'm sure I'd snap like a twig.

Making those CDs, signing them, numbering them, packing them. It takes hundreds of hours, but it's worth it because I'm able to do the thing I love.

I like loud electric guitars because I like how you can just lose your entire being in the sound.

I really wanted to get to the animal core of rock music and eliminate anything that wasn't necessary.

The sexuality of children - there's a lot friction there. That tension interests me a lot.

Nina Simone was an entertainer. Bob Dylan was an entertainer. Anyone that can occupy a piece of music and make the air catch on fire at that moment is a true entertainer. That's how I view it. That's what I was meant to do. I love doing it. That's why I'm on earth.