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

As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

I see love, like art, as an obsession. Maybe that's an overly romantic view of human existence, but I'm an overly romantic human being. If love, like rock and roll, doesn't consume me 24-7, it's not love. It can be respect, appreciation, admiration, wonderment, it can be a world of glory and a lifetime of peace, but I can't call it love. Love burns me and confuses me. Love's a light that can't be extinguished.

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

Bowie's obviously my biggest influence.

I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.