Chase Away The Demons, And They Will

My Childhood Was Very Difficult. I Had Every Childhood Disease And Then Some, But My Parents Didnt Mollycoddle Me. They Left Me To Fight Those Battles On My Own. I Guess That Was Very Canadian, Very Stoic. But Its Good. I Had To Become A Warrior. I Had To Give Up Hope And Find A Substitute For Hope That Would Be Far More Stable.

All Romantics Meet The Same Fate Some Day. Drunk And Cynical And Boring Someone In Some Dark Cafe.

Depression Can Be The Sand That Makes The Pearl. Most Of My Best Work Came Out Of It.

Oh, I Am A Lonely Painter / I Live In A Box Of Paints.

I Didn't Like The Sound Of People Gasping At The Mere Mention Of My Name. It Horrified Me...