Quote

I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then they would transcribe their life-story and it would be a big success. Or should be.

People think I don't like interviews but I don't mind speaking about proper and interesting stuff. When it's stupid stuff to build your image and you are told to mention this and mention that, I hate it.

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.

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.

Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death.

I'm happy to do interviews from time to time, but I don't find them that necessary - and that hasn't seemed to have affected people's understanding of our work.

I always felt journalists had a very clear idea of what they wanted to write about me before the interview began.

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

I still don't like doing interviews. I hardly do any... I hope this will be the last one for a long while.

I love conversation and the sharing of different thoughts and philosophies. That kind of stuff always makes me happy. I don't mind interviews, either - I like doing them.