I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on?

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

Yesterday misspent can't be recall'dVanity makes beauty contemptibleWisdom is more valuable than riches.

All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in., March 9, 1998]

Life was for living, so why as I wasting?

In life you get the choice, it depends on what you choose and how you live with the consequences to whether you win or lose!

It was almost forbidden in the Soviet Union to study the New Economic Policy.

People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy

It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods.

A democratic state will protect the freedom to hold any beliefs other than those that harm others, such as racism. In particular, it will see to it that no one is harmed just because of her beliefs.

In my own life, I do not live like an effective altruist. An effective altruist would really disapprove of my life. I don't give enough to charity and I still have both my kidneys.

I set myself high standards on the pitch and know I have not always lived up to them this season.