The simplest way that I can understand therapy is that we're born a certain way, we're taught to be something different, and we spend our whole lives trying to unravel it.

Rock in the mainstream culture has lost a lot of its mojo.

The closer I get back to being who I really am, the stronger the music gets.

When you move artistically, the natural inclination is to denounce everything that's gone before.

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

Actually, I was having dinner with Michael [Stipe, of R.E.M.] when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.

One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.