Didn't he call Spike Jonze a "rich Jew who hangs around with black people to seem cool" or something dumb like that? There was some rant of his that was deleted. Doesn't that give credence to the idea that his whole gimmick may be a reflection of his true self?
It's incongruent to me that this was the same guy who started a band with Basquiat in 80's NYC and sold his paintings at that time as well. But I guess people change.
Anyway, I wrote him off awhile ago.