My whole life was writing, recording and touring over and over again. At some point I realised I wasn't enjoying myself any more.

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

People need meanings to everything. People want you to intellectualize every choice you make.

Some of the songs are so crazy, the words are so crazy... it's hard to believe I was so crazy.

The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.

The way I see it, all the popular singers are strippers.

To make big steps, you've got to take action yourself and not listen to other people.

What happens when your dream comes true - when the spotlight is on and then it moves away?

When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person.

Writing helps me process things that are happening to me.

You can learn so much just by doing, not by listening to anybody.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval.

I never felt happy with the idea that part of what I do is to be an object to be looked at. I thought of my public persona as an entity separate to myself.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

To me, success was not having to have a boss and not having a day job. I've been living my own version of success since the early '90s when I first got signed. I haven't had a job since then.

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

I don't really care about money. I find money boring and accounting boring, so I'm probably not going to ever make a lot of money.

As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.

Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field.

I still have a lot of those depressive thoughts, but now I have the foresight to tell myself, 'Don't think like that,' and things seem better.