Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.

An unfulfilled life makes a hard man.

I wouldn't be windmilling a Fender Telecaster if it weren't for Pete Townshend.

You ride in a limousine the first time, it's a big thrill but after that it's just a stupid car.

Every song has a piece of you in it, because just general regret, love. You have to basically zero in on the truth of those particular emotions.

Most artists I know consider themselves to be phonies, along with the feeling that there's something that you're doing is essential, essential to communicate, and deeply, deeply real.

I heard a political message in rock music. A liberation message. A message of freedom. I heard it in Elvis' voice.