I don't want to wreck my voice. I love to concentrate on playing the bass and keeping it very rock-solid. If I were singing, I would have blown out my voice.

Richard Lloyd of Television is one of my favorite guitarists. His mentor was Jimi Hendrix when he was just 14. Jimi was always pounding everything he knew into that kid.

I like the idea of Wild Infancy, of people who have a deprived background, of starting out wild.

I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant?

We don't always know what we're doing. We often just get excited, put something down, and say, 'Oh, neat'.

Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.

If you have this passion for music, you don't stop doing it - it chooses you and doesn't release you.