It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning

If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.

Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like ... only a freak. A freak among other freaks

They say that God makes problems just to see what you can stand, before you do as the devil pleases.

I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.

I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection. But I have a problem with perfection. I don't think perfection is very artful. But there's something I liked about the image of a skater going in this endless twisted circle that doesn't have any real endpoint. So the object is not to stop or arrive anywhere; it's just to make this thing as beautiful as they can.

Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I better stop now before I start crying. Go off to sleep in the sunshine...I don't want to see the day when its dying.