I'm A Musician. I Write Songs. I

You Don't Become An 'artist' Unless You've Got Something Missing Somewhere. Blaise Pascal Called It A God-shaped Hole. Everyone's Got One But Some Are Blacker And Wider Than Others. It's A Feeling Of Being Abandoned,cut Adrift In Space And Time-sometimes Following The Loss Of A Loved One. You Can Never Completely Fill That Hole-you Can Try With Songs,family,faith And By Living A Full Life...but When Things Are Silent, You Can Still Hear The Hissing Of What's Missing.

Particularly Conservative Christians, I Was Very Angry That They Were Not Involved More In The Aids Emergency.

Overcoming My Dad Telling Me That I Could Never Amount To Anything Is What Has Made Me The Megalomaniac That You See Today.

The Great Moments Of Rock 'n' Roll Were Never Off In Some Corner Of The Music World, In A Self-constructed Ghetto.

I'm As Skeptical As Anyone Would Be About Celebrities And Causes - And I Will Dare To Say To You That I Don't Think Of Myself As A Celebrity Per Se.