I Never Really Expected To Win The

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.

Songwriting Is Like Editing. You Write Down All This Stuff - All This Bad, Stupid Stuff - And Then You Have To Get Rid Of Everything Except The Very Best.

It May Seem Strange, But The Most Grateful I've Ever Felt Was When I Was Held Up At Gunpoint. After I Handed Over My Wallet And The Mugger Ran Off Into The Woods, I Thought, 'thank You For Not Shooting Me.' I Was Overwhelmingly Glad To Be Alive And Unharmed.

I Finished 'beautiful Creature,' And I Felt Somewhat Unfulfilled. I Felt Like This Other Side Of Me Needed To Be Released. Some Of The Songs I Left Off The Album Weren't Intense Enough To Be What I Wanted. They Weren't Hard Enough.

I Find Myself A Fascinating Subject.