When you`re onstage you have a certain faith that somebody's gonna yell somethin' back. Some nights it's louder than other nights and some nights they do, and on some songs they don't. But that's the idea. I think when you begin to expect a reaction from an audience, it's a mistake.

My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience for me, a chance to clarify my own feelings about gay and lesbian civil rights.

cause down the shore everything's all right

Show a little faith there is magic in the night. You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright, and that's alright with me.

The criminal ineptitude makes you furious.

I got Mary pregnant and man that's all she wrote. And for my 19th birthday, I got a union card and a factory coat.

I met a girl and we ran away, I swore I'd make her happy every day. And how I made her cry, two faces have I.