When Johnny Cash died, ... I picked up my guitar and got the idea that Bob Dylan was the last man standing, the last of the real gods. It was for Dylan, Cash, Lennon, Elvis that's what I was thinking.

Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.

If you wanted to torture me, you'd tie me down and force me to watch our first five videos.

There's not a platinum record hanging in my house anywhere. It doesn't exist here. I'm over it. They're all in the garage, wrapped up in bubblewrap.

We are at a crossroads in the music business: with the rise of the internet, the world we live in has changed, and the past is not coming back. But I see the glass as half-full: the internet and social networking are new avenues for the next Bob Dylan to be born on.

I'd crawl over broken glass for Elle MacPherson or Cindy Crawford.

I didn't vote for [President Bush]. But I've never said anything bad about the guy because I have respect for the office.