The Term Itself--my Life--is A Desperate Overstatement.

You Shout Because It Makes You Brave Or You Want To Announce Your Recklessness.

I'm Not Reclusive At All. Just Private.

Talent Is More Erotic When It's Wasted.

Music Is Dangerous In So Many Ways. It's The Most Dangerous Thing In The World.

Sitting For A Picture Is Morbid Business. A Portrait Doesn't Begin To Mean Anything Until The Subject Is Dead. This Is The Whole Point. We're Doing This To Create A Kind Of Sentimental Past For People In Decades To Come. It's Their Past, Their History We're Inventing Here. And It's Not How I Look Now That Matters. It's How I'll Look In Twenty-five Years As Clothing And Faces Change, As Photographs Change. The Deeper I Pass Into Death, The More Powerful My Picture Becomes. Isn't This Why Picture-taking Is So Ceremonial? It's Like A Wake. And I'm The Actor Made Up For The Laying-out.