In the past, some of the songs that were the most fun, and the most entertaining and rocking, fell by the wayside because I was concerned with what I was going to say and how I was going to say it.

When I die throw my body in the back and drive me to the junk yard in my Cadillac.

I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.

I had tried to go to college, and I didn't really fit in. I went to a real narrow-minded school where people gave me a lot of trouble, and I was hounded off the campus - I just looked different and acted different, so I left school.

You can't start a fire without a spark

'Darkness on the Edge of Town' came out of a huge body of work that had tons of very happy songs.

Don't run back inside, darlin', you know just what I'm here for. So you're scared and you're thinkin' we ain't that young any more...Show a little faith! There's magic in the night. You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're all right.