I'm always a work in progress.

I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward.

We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks didn't know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn't worry about what anyone was going to think.

Pretty and demented at the same time, like me.

To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that's successful is a series of mistakes.

You can't live on planet rock star 24/7; you have to be down and dirty and have some fun.