The Hollywood sirens are shrieking, while down some search lit alley runs some lost belief.

They'll crucify you for staying the same, and they'll crucify you for change. I'd rather be crucified for changing.

Elusive dreams and vague desires fanned to fiery needs by deadly deeds of falling empires.

I get the same charge from juxtaposition of colors as I do from juxtaposition of chords.

Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists.

Ask anyone in America where the craziest people live and they'll tell you California. Ask anyone in California where the craziest people live and they'll say Los Angeles. Ask anyone in Los Angeles where the craziest people live and they'll tell you Hollywood. Ask anyone in Hollywood where the craziest people live and they'll say Laurel Canyon. And ask anyone in Laurel Canyon where the craziest people live and they'll say Lookout Mountain. So I bought a house on Lookout Mountain.

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy.