I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was just the little grub in the ground, working to become a caterpillar.

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I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you...

I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you...

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find...

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find...

There's no field of music which doesn't have good ideas.

There's no field of music which doesn't have good ideas.

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to...

I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to...

I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets....

I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets....

On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's...

People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's...

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place...

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place...

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that...

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that...

Love is blind. My politics has been, too. I think you can fall in love...

Love is blind. My politics has been, too. I think you can fall in love...

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character,...

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character,...

In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to...

In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to...

I have never felt in tune with the whole rock industry.

I have never felt in tune with the whole rock industry.

It just doesn't mean anything to me, the high-profile, big money side of things. I...

I think that pop, and to some extent rock, are like sport and fashion industry...

I think that pop, and to some extent rock, are like sport and fashion industry...

I don't do live things.

I don't do live things.

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something...

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something...

I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.

I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.

There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But...

There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But...