Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything.

I know how stupid people can be. I've played in front of 5,000 people that bought a ticket to my concert, and some guy who's bought a ticket decides he's going to throw a bottle at my head. That's a simple act of stupidity. That's not even defiance.

Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color red and red reminds you of the color your not supposed to wear around a bull. So you name the song 'Cow.'

We're the worst band in America... That makes us the best.

Most great records really start with the drums.

People always called the Cure gloomy, but listening to the Cure made me happy. There was something about the gloominess that gave me comfort, and I think we're the same way.

You give me a @#$%& kazoo and I'll write you a good song.