The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things, and that it lasts, that's probably my favorite thing that I've done.

I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when there was a grass roots movement calling for nuclear disarmament - it was about 1982 - they called it Peace Sunday.

No matter how fast I run, I can't get away from me.

Coffee in the morning, cocaine afternoons.

Self-discovery in songwriting, bringing something forth that's instructive to yourself - some of the best songs that you will ever write are the ones where you didn't have to think about any of that stuff, but nonetheless that's what's happening in the song.

Say a prayer for the pretender, who started out so young and strong only to surrender.

Somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go may lie a reason you were alive, but you'll never know.