A pop song is a condensed version of a life in three minutes, whereas, when you go to write your prose, you have to find the rhythm in your words, and you have to find the rhythm in the voice that you have found and the way you're speaking.

Most of these - most people's stage personas are created out of the flotsam and jetsam of their internal geography.

That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars and can turn on a dime.

The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.

I realized the only time I felt complete and peaceful was while I was playing or shortly afterwards, even though it was in front of thousands of other people, which most people wouldn't consider to be a safe place.

Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.

You still had to find the music inside your language. You know, it was - that's a big part of what sort of moved me to begin writing the book. I wrote a little essay and I felt, yeah, this is a good voice. This is a good feeling. It feels like me.