I learned to take the first job that you have in the business that you want to get into. It doesn't matter what that job is, you get your foot in the door.

If I'm going to be a caged bird, I'll sing the best song I can.

The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.

All of us have our individual curses, something that we are uncomfortable with and something that we have to deal with, like me making horror films, perhaps.

A lot of life is dealing with your curse, dealing with the cards you were given that aren't so nice. Does it make you into a monster, or can you temper it in some way, or accept it and go in some other direction?

I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally.

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.

It's a mystery to me the way that contemporary art galleries function.

My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.

My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.

The thing about 'Bad Habits' was the album before that, 'Reckless,' was me going in with a total cocky attitude.