I knew Fred since I was 14 and was first going to the Old Town School, Fred used to work part-time in the store. Every time I wrote a song Fred would turn on his really good high-class tape recorder, reel-to-reel, and record it. So he's got recordings of me on guitar singing all my songs in his apartment long before I ever recorded for a recording company. I never found out what happened to the tapes.

I fucking hate Metallica. My worst band of all time.

Maybe it's your time to lift off and fly You won't know if you never try.

I recognize that as a musician there is a certain chauvinism attached to it, which is the thing of, "I spent my time learning how to play. You didn't spend time learning how to play, therefore, you are not a musician."

If fidelity really mattered, 'Loveless' wouldn't be one of the best records of all time.

If I could go back in time and see any band, It would be Link Wray and the Raymen.