When I got into "Anna Karenina" and "Brothers Karamazov" and "Crime and Punishment," that was the stuff that - that had a big effect on me, because it was so psychological.

What you were singing about was believable and convincing, that's the key to a great singer.

Every fool has a reason for feeling sorry for himself.

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

I think 1960s small-town America was very Lynchian. Everything was there, but underneath, everything was rumbling.

I tend to be a subscriber to the idea that you have everything you need by the time you're 12 years old to do interesting writing for most of the rest of your life - certainly by the time you're 18.

It's not the time in your life, it's the life in your time.