I have an unswayable obsession with death. If there was a magical pill that one could take that would retire you from the world, I would take it.

I lie a lot - it's really useful.

I've always done quite well as far as the charts are concerned. And yet I always felt I conveyed the spirit of the music I love, which didn't have any chart success.

How can anybody say they know how I feel? The only one around here who is me, is ME.

Animals are nicer than humans and they're conscious beings. If you stick your grandmother in an oven, she will probably be tasty. But is that any reason to eat your grandmother?

You can't help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies.

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour, but heaven knows I'm miserable now.