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.

It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers.

Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone.

I write a lot from instinct. But as you're writing out of instinct, once you reach a certain level as a songwriter, the craft is always there talking to you in the back of your head...that tells you when it's time to go to the chorus, when it's time to rhyme. Real basic craft... it's second nature.

The heart of a city Is the soul of a man It winds like a river Through the heart of the land They can tear down a building They can tear down a park They can strike at a symbol But they can't strike the heart.

Did you have an awesome time? Did you drink awesome shooters, listen to awesome music, and then just sit around and soak up each others awesomeness?

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.