However, there's no theme or concept behind Heathen, just a number of songs but somehow there is a thread that runs through it that is quite as strong as any of my thematic type albums.

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Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations Ive seen on some of the songs that Ive...

Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations Ive seen on some of the songs that Ive...

I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean,...

I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean,...

On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken...

On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken...

Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've...

Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've...

But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had...

But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had...

Im an instant star. Just add water and stir.

Im an instant star. Just add water and stir.

Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one...

Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one...

But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.

But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.

Nearly all the synth work on Heathen is mine and some of the piano.

Nearly all the synth work on Heathen is mine and some of the piano.

I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of...

I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of...

I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.

I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.

It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a...

It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a...

Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.

Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.

Ive never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

Ive never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my...

I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my...

...And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds, they...

...And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds, they...

To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions,...

To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions,...

When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.

When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.

Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write.

Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write.

Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.

Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.