My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.

The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion.

Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.

Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on.

I don't really like to write at a desk. I like to write when driving in a car. ... Once you're working on it, you're working on it all the time, and sometimes stuff'll come in the middle of the night, in a dream or something. Your mind is working on it all the time.