Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk.

I never start with a political point of view. I believe that your politics are emotionally and psychologically determined by your early experiences.

Mental illness and creativity are - it's a thin line in between the two. I tend to believe that.

I guess there's just a meanness in this world

Once you get into the book, you've got to constantly find your - the rhythm of your prose. And it ends up being quite a musical experience either way.

T-Bone Burnett once said that much of rock music is simply someone going wahhh daddy.

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