Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.
Whenever someone wants to say something to a whole mass of people by breaking into song, there's probably something wrong with them.
Frank liked me because I went nuts on the piano using feet, head, whatever I could find to bang on the piano.
You aren't normal if you sing to people. You aren't a normal person. It's nerve-racking.
I decided one day to put on my tutu and jump on the coffee table and sing Aretha Franklin songs for the painters that were painting the house.
I know that I have a face, a look, people aren't used to seeing. A presence.
I love a blouse that's dumb. I love to use the word 'dumb.' It's not knowing, and the word 'blouse' is so out of fashion that I love it - 'a blouse that's dumb.'
It's not an act. I love it. It's totally original. People go, 'What's going on with this guy? Why does he sound so weird? What is going on in his brain. I don't know. Just one day I suddenly woke up with a new brain.
I try to make everything I write a little bit different. Those songs that go, 'I love you so much and you love me,' they're boring. If I'm going to write a love song, it's going to be a little bit tortuous.
It's different, I don't sound like anyone.
I always just wanted to write a love song to my wife that wasn't cliche.
If you dance alone on the streets, people might call you crazy, but when so many people dance together, it's a party.
