"The only people for me are the mad ones."

"I like too many things and get all confused and lonely trying to pick out a handful of things to be devoted to."

"I want to be a legend, and I want to be forgotten."

"So therefore I dedicate myself, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labours, my suffrances, my loneliness, my unique madness, my endless absorption and hunger because I cannot dedicate myself to any fe…"

"I made myself famous by writing songs and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and the ugliness too! You made yourself famous by saying, 'Down with this, down with that! Throw eggs at this, thr…"