Most people who are on the road are pretty damaged. It's an escapist's life. It's not a life that forces you to look in the mirror at where you're at and what you're doing. It's one where you leave the mirror behind. I think that appeals to something in all of us. On the open road, all of your regrets are out the window.

It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.

The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich.

I've always thought that you just make everything as best as you can, and then, one day, people will look objectively at what you do, from a distance, and see its quality. All you try to do is keep the standard up so that, one day, when I sit back and I look at it all, I can feel really good about it.

I love seeing the fans of the music that I make.

Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.

I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs saves me from going completely gonzo.