Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience.

You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.

They put a rifle in my hand, sent me off to a foreign land to go and kill the Yellow man.

Your legs were heaven, your breasts were the alter, your body was the holy land.

I go to put my arm around you and you give me a look like I'm way out of bounds.

My heart's dark, but it's rising. I'm pulling all the faith I can see.

[The Catholic religion] was something I carried with me, never forgot, brought into my music. And it's been in my music ever since.