The purpose of art is to stop time.

Shadows are falling and I've been here all day/It's too hot to sleep, time is running away/Feel like my soul has turned into steel/I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal.

Steal a little and they throw you in jail Steal a lot and they make you king.

I don't write the songs; I just write 'em down.

The corporations have taken over. Even in the recording studio. Actually, the corporate companies have taken over American life most everywhere. Go coast to coast and you will see people wearing the same clothes, thinking the same thoughts, eating the same food. Everything is processed.

You walk into the room like a camel and then put your eyes in your pockets and your nose on the ground.

Every brain is civilized, Every nerve is analyzed, Everything is criticized when you are in need.