I don't ever expect to be permanently happy. I don't think that's part of the human condition.

I can't imagine that anybody is as screwed up as I am.

Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.

Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything.

I am a closet toy freak. I started chasing after some things as far as Star Wars toys - some very rare stuff.

The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday.

I do have a lot of deep religious iconography. I have crosses all over my house, and there's something very attractive about seeing nuns walking down the street. It's not a sexual thing for me; I know it is for some guys.