I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.

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Im just an individual who doesnt feel that I need to have somebody qualify my...

Im just an individual who doesnt feel that I need to have somebody qualify my...

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.

When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.

When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.

There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just...

There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just...

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...

Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.

Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.

I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without...

I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without...

Ive never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

Ive never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

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.

And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, Im...

And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, Im...

Im not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of...

Im not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of...

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...

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.

...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...

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within...

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within...

I've never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

I've never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

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,...

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...

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,...