Rock is ironic in that, up to a certain point, you can get better and better at it if you don't mind possibly looking more and more ridiculous.

Have you ever heard the expression 'one hot mess?' I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford.

I try to be well informed. I don't know how well I do all the time, but I try nonetheless.

I know you’ll never love me but maybe you’ll stay for awhile.

Now you see how you are, the wisdom mixed in with all the scars.

All I can do is just do stuff while I am alive and hopefully that track record will speak for itself.

I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,' 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' and 'The White Album.'