"I always thought I'd be dead by 30, then dead by 40 and on and on. Now I'm 55 so I didn't even die at 50."

"I don't think I'm a shy person. I just prefer to express myself through my music."

"I have a voracious appetite for all things, worldly and unworldly."

"I've always been interested in the unknown."

"I don't like to be ordinary."