Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

I never wanted to be a prophet or a saviour. Elvis maybe

For them that must obey authority/That they do not respect in any degree/Who despise their jobs, their destinies/Speak jealously of them that are free

"Like a Rolling Stone" [of Bob Dylan] is a kiss-off song like none before or since.

What politics I ever learned, I learned in the streets, because it was part of the environment.

You must be vulnerable to be sensitive to reality. And to be vulnerable is just another way of saying that one has nothing more to lose. I don't have anything but darkness to lose.

Here's the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I don't find it anywhere else.