If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.
“Fantasy for me as a kid was real, and I had a fantasy about what life was, whether it was sort of wicked and dire, or wholly normal, or whatever. Anything really close to home is not, it seems to me, what a good book should be about.”
“When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions.”