Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.

There was an edge of, 'Go away kid, you're bothering me'. I've kicked myself a million times since. I could've discovered Whitney Houston.

If you search for truthfulness, you might as well be blind.

Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland.

Some people find it's easier to hate.

When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory.