On the day I was born, the nurses gathered around, to gaze in wide wonder at the joy they had found.

My parents taught me what life is about, so I grew up the type they warned me about.

Anything that's new wave is new. As far as punk rock goes, I've never really been exposed to any.

I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.

I figured if you want to get to where John Hammond is or Billy Gibbons is or Peter Wolf is, you have to start listening to the same stuff they did, and learn from that, and that's what I did.

Rock and roll never sleeps. It just passes out.

Every time you go in and make a record it is like a calling card, not so people can come and hear you live or are interested in your catalog.