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

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

You know, my music utilizes things from the past, because that's what the past is for. It's to learn from. It's not to limit you, you shouldn't be limited by it.

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

Everybody's got a hungry heart.

I don't like to write rhetorically or get on a soapbox. I try to make the stuff multi-layered, so that it always has a life outside its social context. I don't believe that you can tell people anything; you can only draw them in.

There's a beauty in work and I love it, all different kinds of work. That's what I consider it. Rock is my job, and that's my work. And I work my ass off, you know.