As hard as it is, as ghetto as it is, hip-hop is pop music. It's the sound of music getting out of the ghetto, while rock is looking for a ghetto.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.

Facts, like people, want to be free - and when they're free, liberty is usually around the corner.

It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them.