Usually [the lyrics] go from one word to the next word - there's no finish line. The music was that way, too.

When I was in high school, I was a late bloomer. And just like all those supermodels who said they were gawky and no one liked them, that was me - metaphorically. And so I was ready to rise like a phoenix in later times.

Obviously songs and musicians mean a lot to people.

Some people, they've had a lot of fun, even if it was dumb fun and a shitty body of work.

Most people want to be seen or heard. You want to shine. That's my way of shining.

I think the focus of the media changes. At the moment the more electronic stuff like trip-hop was the flavor of the month, just a little while ago. It all depends on the angle, from which point of view you see it.

You know, the songs that are self-conscious or jerky, they are that way, but the other ones aren't, so that's a good thing. Some of the songs are Beck-jokey, but the others, they have heart in them.