I can't leave the studio until everything is as it should be. And I can't put a record out unless I am completely happy with it. I never want to be at a signing and hear my album playing and think, 'Oh no, I could have done that top note better.'
“I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get.”
“My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next day someone's wrapping fish in it.”