I have trouble with any kind of focus or concentrating, or getting anything done at all, really.

The civilised cultures are the most cruel. It's the same with education - often it breeds sadistic forms of cruelty.

Precocious and eccentric are okay. But I think that people in the arts represent something integral and kind of secretive in everybody else. So the reason people like some artists is because they're saying or doing something that they would like to do or say, but they don't have the balls or the means. People are really afraid to put their ass on the line. Just to put your face on a poster and put your name in big print and say "Come see me," that takes some cojones, you know? Ambition is nothing to be ashamed of.

I have trouble with any kind of focus or concentrating, or getting anything done at all, really.

I don't listen to much rap, really. I can rarely listen to a whole record of it, because musically, it's very formulaic, and oftentimes it doesn't have the best hooks on every track. I like my music to be very musical.

You can criticize something you strive for, and you can avoid something you dream about.

I think there are nice things about every era. I wish we could just take the nice things.