Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.

I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal.

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.

Because I'm not in a record deal, I don't have to operate in an album format.

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

Just because you get a record deal doesn't mean you're even going to put out a record,