Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire.

I think that is what film and art and music do; they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings.

In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass.

A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.

I guess there's just a meanness in this world

I'm laughing at you, you're laughing at me.

The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune.