I was lucky I survived the motorcycle accident because I - bike went under the car. I flew out about 20 or 25 feet. I didn't have a helmet on. I hit my head on the pavement and knocked myself out, gave myself a brain concussion, screwed up my left leg. And I was - I was lucky then that I didn't get killed because I didn't have any protective clothing on whatsoever. And I took a pretty good beating. But, yeah, such was the nature of the day when the barber was called and Samson's locks were trimmed.

Every rock song is some variation of 'Pull down your pants'

I was in my late 20s, in the process of shaping my musical outlook and what I wanted it to be about, when I first encountered Woody Guthrie.

You can beat the drum so hard that people stop listening. I wanted to use my voice wisely and not expend it wastefully.

I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't.

I grew up with a very big extended family, with a lot of aunts. We had about five or six houses on one street.

I cut my bow from the wood of this tree of evil. Of this tree of good, I want a kiss from your lips.