I'm a lazy writer. My idea of heaven is not writing. On the other hand, I'm obviously compulsive about it.

A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to be revised 'til it's close to perfection... But achieving perfection takes a lot of energy.

Only capitalists get photographers.

Let Pirelli's / Miracle Elixir / Activate your roots, sir... Keep it off your boots, sir- / Eats right through. Yes, get Pirelli's! / Use a bottle of it! / Ladies seem to love it... Flies do, too!

Almost all the shows I've been connected with have been extremely well cast. They're playing the show, not just doing the songs.

Everything depends upon execution; having just a vision is no solution.

When I listen to my work, I think, what's so inflammatory about it? It's not really that dissonant. A lot of people who used to hate my stuff have come round to it.