I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.

When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.

I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.

So many times I thought to myself, man, I never want to do drugs again. But I would never sacrifice any experience I've ever had on them, and I am not remorseful that I've done them. I would like to get more and more away from drugs.

I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.

Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation.

I know so many songs. I'm like a walking karaoke torture machine.