I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.

Processed pig is white trash meat. Some people call it Spam.

Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.

Rock and roll doesn't allow you to grow up - especially if you're not trying very hard to.

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.

I prefer a three-piece suit myself. Very sixties rock and roll. But they're not too quirky. Businessmen could wear them.

Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.