[Kurt Cobain] had a lot of German in him. Some Irish. But no Jew. I think that if he had had a little Jew he would have [expletive] stuck it out.

My number one thing to work on is not being reactive - but appropriateness doesn't come easily to me sometimes.

Much of my high-jinx have been drug-related. When you're under 30, whatever, but once you're past 40 it's just ugly.

Making good records tastes good in your mouh. And when that record sells, it tastes even better.

But I always wound up being the damn John, when I wanted to be the Paul.

Songs need to have a secret, cryptic, thematic thing about them, otherwise they are just messy and all over the place.

I am just the classic person who wants to learn stuff. I want good tutors, and with Kurt I had the best.