Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words.

My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.