I figured, 'If I ever get offered a chance to sign a deal, I'll only do it if I got to do it how I want.' So my contract is structured in such a way that I'm really protected.

Tomorrow you might get a phone call about something wonderful and you might get a phone call about something terrible.

God, our world is so complicated.

All the monsters in your mind just want to be nice. They want to be kind. They want to play nice. They want to be softer than the storms around. You feel them through the windows and the doors.

There's something about trying to know when you really need to protect yourself, or else you're not going to get anything done, and sometimes to be really uncomfortable or agitated or annoyed or bored. Boredom is so important.

The world that has made us can no longer contain us

I go through insanity before a show. It's not really a process but it's like absolute mortal fear.