It was a hubba, hubba, ding dang, baby you are just everythang.

I never looked at music as a serious ven­ture. There was very little encouragement from my family. I didn't have anybody to entertain, so it was hard to get motivated.

If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal.

Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting.

Most songs have meager beginnings. You wake up in the morning, you throw on your suspenders, and you subvocalize and just think. They seem to form like calcium. I can't think of a story right off the bat that was that interesting. I write things on the back of my hand, usually, and sing into a tape recorder.

I can't listen to so much music at the same time. I think you really have to have a diet. You're just processing too much, there's no place to put it. If you go a long time without hearing music, then you hear music that nobody else hears.

You're innocent when you dream.