The way I work on music is that I go into my studio, and I start playing music, and I see what happens, and... I never think about it.

It's a very strange phenomenon being hated by people you've never met. Some journalists just seem to hate me and everything I do, and it's disconcerting because I've never met this person.

I will be very sad when global warming and toxins kill off all the toads and frogs and salamanders. Here's hoping we, as humans, figure out a way to be less stupid.

I have no perspective as regards my work. One reason I put out records and books is people respond to it, and it enables you to actually see the work more clearly. It's a form of therapy for me. Sometimes abusive therapy.

When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music.

Music is just air moving around.

David Lynch is my friend, and I love his movies and his art and his music. Few things make me happier than working with him.