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Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.

I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.

I am certainly more interested in interviewing than being interviewed. Sometimes you find yourself attacked from the start.

I don't see myself as a Larry King or somebody. When you do interviews, sometimes it turns to interrogations. I'm more of a conversationalist, not throwing hardball questions.

I'm loath to do interviews. What comes out is generally not what I meant or thought I was saying or thought they were asking.

For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant.

I just don't want to give out interviews. I just hate them. Inevitably, I ended up hurting some people or leaving some names out or getting quoted out of context.

The thing about interviews is that if someone interviews you, and they're an idiot, then they make you sound like an idiot, too. They ask you stupid questions, and they bring you down to their level. It's tempting to not ever want to talk to anybody, but you can't do that.

I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.

I hate being interviewed. I'm like, 'Aaaarrgghh!' I don't like talking about myself.