The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

I got a house full of Rembrandts and priceless art, and all the little girls they wanna tear me apart.

I looked at myself, and I just said, well, you know, I can sing but I'm not the greatest singer in the world. I can play guitar very well, but I'm not the greatest guitar player in the world... And so I said, well, if I'm going to project an individuality, it's going to have to be in my writing.

In the past, some of the songs that were the most fun, and the most entertaining and rocking, fell by the wayside because I was concerned with what I was going to say and how I was going to say it.

I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.

You get used to anything, sooner or later it just becomes your life.

You can beat on your chest, hell, any monkey can.