The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writers main motivation is to become friends with the band. Theyre not really journalists; theyre people who want to be involved in rock and roll.

Everybody is wrong about everything, just about all the time.

The things he did on purpose were usually no different from the mistakes he made by accident.

Cars are the most central thing in America, in a lot of ways. They've probably influenced the way we live more than anything else, and yet every really big problem - whether it's the environment or who dictates the international economy because of oil - is all tied to cars. Ultimately, cars are bad for civilization. I don't know if they'll end us.

Every relationship is fundamentally a power struggle, and the individual in power is whoever likes the other person less.

It might sound chauvinistic, but there is a sad reality in rock music: Bands who depend on support from females inevitably crash and burn.

It feels so exhausting to be so bad at something I loved so much.