Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.
I think Mustique is Duchampian - it will always provide an endless source of delight.
Radio in England is nonexistent. It's very bad English use of a media system, typically English use.
I've never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.
I think, generally, I just cannot really envision life without writing and producing records and singing.
The humanists' replacement for religion: work really hard and somehow you'll either save yourself or you'll be immortal. Of course, that's a total joke, and our progress is nothing. There may be progress in technology but there's no ethical progress whatsoever.
I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.
Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.
Frankly, if I could get away with not having to perform, I'd be very happy. It's not my favorite thing to do.
I would drive to gigs in my tiny little Fiat. I would shoot up and down the M1 to play at various places.
I guess it's flattering that everyone believed I was those characters, but it also is dehumanizing.
I wanted to imbue Ziggy with real flesh and blood and muscle, and it was imperative that I find Ziggy and be him.
All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
I was never particularly fond of my voice.
I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their existence for the most part.
Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in.
I'm very good at what I do, and I don't turn my hand to something unless I'm very good at it, frankly.
Funk, I don't think I have anything to do with funk. I've never considered myself funky.
You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.
Nearly all the synth work on Heathen is mine and some of the piano.
