I went to New York in 1974, to either try to get a record deal, get into the New York Art Student League, or be a dancer. So that was my plan. Some plan. And I had no money.

Take 'Jack and Diane.' I was so disgusted with people thinking the line 'Hold on to sixteen as long as you can' meant to stay a teenager forever. What I meant was keep doing whatever makes you feel alive.

To say that we're doomed is just an obvious remark.

You shouldn't even be in a band if you can't play Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away.

I know there's a balance, I see it when I swing past.

Now more than ever the world needs love, not just a slogan.

We could walk 3 minutes and be on the beach. I think the music kind of suffered because of it. It kind of smelled like Jimmy Buffett, which is a bad thing.