[The Catholic religion] was something I carried with me, never forgot, brought into my music. And it's been in my music ever since.

Just sitting around waiting for my life to begin, while it was all just slipping away.

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

The light from the oncoming train focuses the mind.

Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience.

You can't start a fire Worrying 'bout your little world falling apart This gun's for hire Even if we're just dancing in the dark

The artists we love, they put their fingerprint on your imagination, and on your heart and your soul.