Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready.

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.

I gathered up my sorrows and I sold them all for gold. And I gathered up the gold, and I threw it all away.

If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean.

To be a musician, especially a singer-songwriter - well, you don't do that if you have a thriving social life. You do it because there's an element of alienation in your life.

It's the nature of human consciousness to look for trouble constantly, and we find it. We find it.

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.