I've been circling the wagons down at Times Square, trying to fill up this hole in my soul but nothing fits in there.

I've been circling the wagons down at Times Square, trying to fill up this hole in my soul but nothing fits in there.

I see you over there, just clinging to the wall. Because they told you like ivy you were bound to crawl. But you kept looking up, girl, and I know why. You knew someday you were gonna touch the sky.

I'd always wanted to make a record with Jim Dickinson, and I'd known about his boys for years, ... He reminded me that when they were 13 or 14 years old they had a punk rock band and I'd called him and wanted to make a record with them then.

I am the student who picks his nose, so come over here and take off your clothes.

My attitude these days is, if you write a bad song, what are they gonna do, throw you in songwriter jail?

It's a whole package, singer/songwriter. I like writing but I like performing just as much.