It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.

I like to write my lyrics on clay tablets.

This one guy's wife is such a pretty brown thing, that I'm liable to give her a poke or two. Whaddaya think of that?

He got drunk last night, kicked Mama down the stairs. But I'm alright, so I don't care.

If I were to die tomorrow, I think they'd say Newman 56, composer of the hit song, Short People. Jumped off a mountain today.

I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.

My music has a high irritation factor. I`ve always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was is joke. But I would plead guilty on the grounds that I prefer eccetricity to the bland.