But I think that your entire life is a process of sorting out some of those early messages that you got.

My dad had a very difficult life, a hard struggle all the time at work. I've always felt like I'm seeking his revenge.

I've had an experience through music that has touched almost every part of me. It educated me in ways that I didn't get educated in school. So we try to lay on a bit of that, through being funny, being serious, playing hard.

When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar.

Sometimes, at night you could hear the whole damn city crying.

The only thing I know as I get older is that I don't really need to be No. 1.

I got Mary pregnant and man that's all she wrote. And for my 19th birthday, I got a union card and a factory coat.