We wanted, it seemed, what we already had, a lover and a friend to create with, side by side. To be loyal, yet be free.

I had gone to Paris to immerse myself in painting and I came back wholly involved in words and rhythms.

I've written a lot of prose. I just haven't published it.

Music television is all about the media-oriented version of what it is to be a rock star; it's not about what Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix were about - which included great images, sure, but they had spiritual and political and revolutionary content, too.

I'm not a critic. I'm not a journalist. I'm not a philosopher. Arguing that punk has run its course is like saying painting ran its course after the Renaissance. Punk is an idea. It's freedom. And it'll be around 200 years from now for the people who want it.

I'm more concerned with the work people do than their gender. When I was younger, I was pretty judgmental. Things had to be a certain way. Now I just want to see the work. It doesn't matter who does it.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.