We're a culture more than ever that wants proof of everything, we want things fast, and someone sends you an email, you want to answer in five minutes. We have to allow ourselves nothingness, in our relationships too.

Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they do, but I don't think I have any 'minor disciplines.'

I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true.

The only way I can lose my mind in bed is to destroy myself in a fantasy.

Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.

Fate is like a secret friend that helps push you on into life.

Good press, bad press, whatever, only means a lot to me if it's writ by somebody I respect, by somebody I like.