But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.

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Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it - it's no longer my piece of writing.

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I believe that I often bring out the best in somebody's talents.

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Radio in England is nonexistent. It's very bad English use of a media system, typically English use.

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But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.

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I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their existence for the most part.

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Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's because I'm not quite an atheist and it worries me. There's that little bit that holds on: 'Well, I'm almost...

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I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed...

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I've always regretted that I never was able to talk openly with my parents, especially with my father. I've heard and read so many things about my family that I can no longer believe anything; every...

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