But I can't confront the doubts I have. I can't admit that maybe the past was bad, and so, for the sake of momentum I'm condemning the future to death so it can match the past.

In the '70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn't really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed. When I grew up in the '70s I thought you had to take drugs. It was almost like I didn't think you had a choice.

Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.

It's in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I'll write it down in case it comes up again, I'll be certain to avoid it.

Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what's important to you, does not make you weaker.

Knowing record labels and knowing the kinds of things they would object to-they just object to everything that's interesting.

There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.