I just realized that I never look at a painting and ask, 'Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?' It’s just a painting.

It's weird. People want you to know that they write. They want you to know they're a musician, rather than making music or making stories. It's the strangest thing.

There's always tons of crap music people are trying to sell us - [it's] the same way with publishers and galleries.

In memoir, can you really tell the truth about yourself? You're not going to write about your little peccadilloes, like, "I like a finger in my ass during sex." Or whatever it is. You're not going to come out in typical everyday conversation and say that. That's something that's going to be only for a select few.

We're artists. We cry out to be exploited on some level. Write a dissertation on my work. Write a biography about me.

The whole exploitation thing is funny, too. Exploitation is the nature of the world, isn't it?

There was a lot of tension between my dad and his mother and brothers. Sometimes when I was over there, I remember thinking, "I don't want to get shot."