I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. And I for one am much too lazy.

I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer.

I don't pretend to be an expert on intellectual property law, but I do know one thing. If a music industry executive claims I should agree with their agenda because it will make me more money, I put my hand on my walletand check it after they leave, just to make sure nothing's missing.

I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.

I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it.

There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to.