A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

Don't judge yourself by someone else's standards. You will always lose

There's a lot of UFO sightings in New Orleans, which isn't really too surprising. There's a lotta crazy people there. The people there lack the intelligence to know what they are seeing, so that's why the UFO's go there.

I'm not going to die glamorously. I'll probably be eating a Twinkie, take a bite, and fall over.

It's a simple formula for me now, I don't play any song I don't want to play.

My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.

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.