It's hard to play with a bagpipe player. It's like an exotic bird. I love the sound, it's like strangling a goose.

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!

My wife called me a mule. She once said, "I didn't marry a man; I married a mule!" I kept thinking about it. It was in the back of my head. I think it makes a good title for an album.

I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.

Anton brings the camera. I'll bring a tuba, wear black, not shave, and take us to a burned-down Chinese restaurant. (On being photographed by his longtime photo collaborator Anton Corbijn)

Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.

Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.