Jimi Hendrix could play better than our best guys and he did it while he was dancing while being completely outrageous.

It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean.

My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you know, singing folk music and then, later, singing songs that I started to write myself, I felt more than an affinity for it.

Sometimes the entire thing comes out in one burst. Sometimes you hack away at a thing for years before you get something that satisfies you.

Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power - it's time.

Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow, sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow.

I don't think being angry is useful or healthy, and usually when I get angry, my brain just goes right out the window. Boom, as soon as the adrenaline hits, instant stupid. Just add water and mix.