Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold We swore blood brothers against the wind I'm ready to grow young again

When I was young, it was sort of built to intimidate. Even on this very local level in this very small church in this small town, it still held that sort of - held you in the palm of its darkness.

Elvis is my religion. But for him, I'd be selling encyclopedias right now.

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

I cut my bow from the wood of this tree of evil. Of this tree of good, I want a kiss from your lips.

Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.

Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.