The book was just something that came along after we played the Super Bowl and I wrote a little essay that went online. Then I had two or three weeks and I said, wow, that essay was pretty good. Maybe I'll try and write some other stuff. Writing about the depression, I just felt - you know, when you write a book like this, you have to open up your life. You have to be willing to do so to a certain degree.

The name 'Boss' started with people that worked for me... It was not meant like Boss, capital B, it was meant like 'Boss, where's my dough this week?' And it was sort of just a term among friends. I never really liked it.

It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.

Most of the artists I know are crazy in one way or another. I think that's why you get into it. You're in pursuit of a certain sort of peace that's very, very, very difficult to come by.

Don't take yourself too seriously. And take yourself as seriously as death itself.

The man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died. We drove to Memphis, the sky was hard and black.

Together, we'll live with the sadness. I'll love you with all the madness in my soul.