Fame, on its best day, is kind of like a friendly wave from a stranger by the side of the road. And when it's not so good, it's like a long walk home, all alone, with nobody in when you get there.

The Catholic religion at the time was much darker and more mysterious. The entire mass was in Latin. The church was - if you go to my church now, it's incredibly bright inside. But at - when I was young, it was very dark inside. And it was just the difference in the way that they've painted it since I've gone there. And it strives for a very different and welcoming spirit.

Every song has a piece of you in it, because just general regret, love. You have to basically zero in on the truth of those particular emotions.

We live in a post-authentic world, and today authenticity is a house of mirrors. It's all just what you're bringing when the lights go down. It's your teachers, your influences, and your personal history. At the end of the day, it's the power and purpose of your music that still matters.

Judge said, what you got in your defense son? Fifty-seven channels and nothing on.

If you have written really well, people will swear that it happened to you.

I got Mary pregnant and man that's all she wrote. And for my 19th birthday, I got a union card and a factory coat.