Actually Oddly Enough, I Think My Work,

When Those People Get Up At The Grammys And Say, "i Thank God", I Always Imagine God Going, "oh, Don't, Please Don't Thank Me For That One. Please, Oh, That's An Awful One! Don't Thank Me For That - That's A Piece Of Crap !"

Essentially, I'm A Very Real Person; Good And Bad. And The Public Image Is One Of Being Very Good, I Suppose. But One Of The Reasons I'm Attracted To People Like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Christ, To Pacifism, Is Because Naturally, I'm The Guy That Would Not Turn The Other Cheek - But, When People See You're Attracted To That, They Think You Are That.

The Job Of Art Is To Chase Ugliness Away.

I'm A Singer, Not A Politician, And I Think You Don't Want The Two To Get Confused. It's Not Ok To Be On Cnn Talking About People Starving And Then Tell The Interviewer That Your New Album Is Coming Out In Six Months.

There Was A Moment When Prince Did Rock & Roll With A Sponge-y Seductive Sound. I Think That's What Was In Our Head For 'get On Your Boots.' But Actually, The Song Is Much More Punk Rock.