Let's raise our glass and let the hammer fly, yeah, this is the long good-bye.

Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun. Oh, but mama, that's where the fun is.

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true? Or is it something worse?

I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and I assume people come for the very same reasons as they do when I'm with the band: to be moved, for something to happen to them.

All people have is hope. That's what brings the next day and whatever that day may bring... A hope grounded in the real world of living, friendship, work, family...

The different social forces that affected my parents' lives or my friends' lives or I saw around me became essential for me to write about.

The songs themselves do broaden out as time passes and take on subtly different meanings, take on more meaning, I find.