I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.

CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.

I'd forgotten what it was like to play music and have it be fun so I decided to stop. I wasn't even sure if I was going to make a new record, I was just kinda quitting.

I don't like alcohol, but I still like to mess around with other stuff occasionally. I think it's important I take mushrooms and acid. They're certainly not addictive, so I can't rule that out.

When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly - constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence.

I used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again.

It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.

I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think.

My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.

When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em.

But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway.

You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.

When we make judgements we're inevitably acting on limited knowledge, isn't it best to ask if we seek to understand, or simply let them be?

Your calling multiplies you

Arrange your life in such a way that you don't make choices based on fear of God, instead of love of God.

Have you ever noticed how the most intriguing individual in the room seems content to listen sooner than speak?

The past is all we know of the future.

Muti is going to do the Alpine Symphony this year. He will do it well because it is not very well known.

Anyone who makes the life of Jewish people difficult or grievous, as did the Pharaoh, as did Hitler, will be cursed by God.

When innocence trembles, it condemns the judge.

I really admire artists that are willing to take a different approach and a different angle to their shows.