I think you can't demonize somebody that's on the other side of the political spectrum, or you can't generalize about them.

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

For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didn't do very well in school. The basic system of education, I didn't fit in; my intelligence was elsewhere.

It's hard to be a saint in the city.

Well now I'm no hero, that's understood. All the redemption I can offer girl, is beneath this dirty hood. With a chance to make it good somehow, hey what else can we do now? Except roll down the window, and let the wind blow back your hair. Well the night's busting open, these two lanes will take us anywhere. We got one last chance to make it real.

I always felt that the musician's job was to provide an alternative source of information.

You can't kill your way to security and you can't lead by scaring people.