[Writing] is edit, edit, edit. It's almost like getting a boat ready to go to sea. You've still got a countless number of things left to fix, but you've just got to go, "O.K., everybody get on the boat. We're going, ready or not."

I got a PBS mind in an MTV world.

I still believe in rock and roll, it pays my bills.

We need more fruitcakes in this world, and less bakers!

Barmaid, bring a pitcher, another round of brew. Honey, why don't we get drunk and screw?

We got to roll with the punches, play all of our hunches, make the best of whatever comes your way. Forget that blind ambition, learn to trust your intuition - plowing straight ahead, come what may.

Fun is about as good a habit as there is.