I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years.

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.

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 know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years.

I want to do some fiction writing, I've had some pretty good luck with short stories, I'd like to do a couple of larger things.

The best thing you can learn from the worst times of your life is that it always gets better. It may take a month, a year, a decade, but it will get better if you leave yourself open to it.

I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking.