No drug is a cure, though. Drugs are just big pieces of tape they stick over warning lights.

I don't have the inclinations that other people seem to have as far as the business is concerned.

I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you show them good music instead? They're not going to know the difference.

I don't like what the radio plays for the most part.

I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence.

I would go to radio stations and they were supposed to be interviewing me and playing my record and they would say, We're playing too many women right now, we can't play your record.

You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth.