“To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence”
“But that's what being an artist is - feeling crummy before everyone else feels crummy.”
“the only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...”
“There was no escape from being unwanted. And that was the truth that struck at me the most deeply.”
“I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape.”
“In my experience nobody gets to lead a totally charmed existence. Nobody escapes the pitfalls of being a human being. It’s what seperates us from the zebras. Or that’s my theory anyway”