I dunno when I started writing really. I was, like, filling out applications and stuff real early. Last name first, first name last, sex. 'occasionally' , stuff like that. Then I was writing letters, filling out forms, writing on bathroom walls.

Never have your wallet with you onstage. It's bad luck. You shouldn't play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.

He said, I'm better off without her, until I showed him my tattoo.

I like writing melody without an instrument. It's just so - it's more like the choreography of a bee; you just go.

The Music was like Electric Sugar

My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.

The trick is to have a career and have a family. It's like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.