Most of these - most people's stage personas are created out of the flotsam and jetsam of their internal geography.

My soul is lost, my friend, tell me how do I begin again? My city's in ruins, my city's in ruins.

My dad had a very difficult life, a hard struggle all the time at work. I've always felt like I'm seeking his revenge.

No, I always felt that amongst my core fans- because there was a level of popularity that I had in the mid '80s that was sort of a bump on the scale- they fundamentally understood the values that are at work in my work.

I don't know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors of rock music [who wasn't influenced by something].

The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.

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.