Most people say, "I didn't know you had a personality. "
I love visual gags and gimmicks; I love them.
I liked when I was naive and I thought it was just about making good music.
When people say, "Show your face, you're not ugly. " I want to say, "I know. I'm not doing it because I think I'm ugly; I'm trying to have some control over my image. And I'm allowed to maintain some modicum of privacy. But also I'd like not to be picked apart or for people to observe when I put on ten pounds or I have a hair extension out of place. " Most people don't have to be under that pressure, and I'd like to be one of them. I don't go on Twitter. Because when people say things like, I don't know, "I hope you get cancer and die," it hurts my feelings.
I'm an advocate of 'it's not what you are, it's who you are. '
People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff.
Worst music ever sells millions. The worst music with the shittiest lyrics. The fact is that they pay radio stations to put it on the radio, then you've heard it a million times when you're driving from your shitty job to your shitty house. It's indoctrination, it's sad.
Don’t just think about the technology available today, but the technology that would be 10 times better in the future.
I'm in a position I never imagined I'd be in as a musician. Bob Dylan built an audience through recording and live shows. The opportunities for an artist today are totally different.
Discovery is exciting, no matter how big or small or close or distant.
I saw a young boy eating an ice cream cone,. . . I smashed it in his face. You know that kid is going to remember me when he's 50.