I Don't Like The Word Rock Opera,

I Think It's Pretentious To Create Art Just For The Sake Of Stroking The Artists Ego.

But It's The Things That Preceded It That Made That Happen, And Of Course Now Someone Like Me Thinks, Well, If I Can Do That... Then There Are A Lot Of Other Things That Are Possible.

There's A Bit Of Magic In Everything, And Some Loss To Even Things Out.

I Wanted To Be An Actor. That Was My Real Goal. But I Wasn't Any Good At It, So I Wrote My Own Material And Acted Through That. That's My Idea Of Fun. I Get To Be All These Things In The Songs.

When Critics Ask You If You Feel Vindicated By Other Critics - I Didn't Like Critics Then, And I Don't Like Them Now. There You Go. I've Always Been Outside The Mainstream, And It Stayed That Way.