People say, 'How's the record doing?' In the old days you'd say, 'We're at 600,000, it's doing great.' You don't say those things anymore. Those numbers are gone.

We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.

Don't surrender to the dying light; don't take it lying down.

I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way.

Well, it's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility.

I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

All the words of wisdom sound the same.