The Clash were a major influence on my own music. They were the best rock 'n' roll band. Thanks, Joe.

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.

To her Cheshire smile, I'll stand on file, she's all I ever wanted. But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts.

Badlands, you got to live it everyday, let the broken hearts stand as the price you've got to pay.

I always look terrible before the show. That's when I feel worst. And after the show it's like a million bucks. Simple as that. You feel a little tired but you never feel better. Nothing makes me feel as good as those hours between when you walk offstage, until I go to bed. That's the hours that I live for.

The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

I got a house full of Rembrandts and priceless art, and all the little girls they wanna tear me apart.