The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark. It scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark.

Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal. I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.

I've always felt writing a song was a bit like going on location. That's true in an almost literal sense. Where you are seeps in somehow.

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time.

Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.

These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.

[Commercial radio] is owned by one or two corporations now, and they're not in the music business. They're in the advertising business.... So let's not kid ourselves. If you want to hear music, go buy a guitar.