Basically, I started on stage yelling and I kept yelling, and then I yelled some more, and then I yelled even louder. I'm modulated now.

Usually I'm too tired to apologize.

How long can we go without real leadership? It's like an experiment. It's [a problem with] both parties, it's beyond belief.

In Canada I'm not dealing with people who are bringing in baggage, they just get it. But New Orleans will be a bit different. If there's a group of people who have a right to be bitter, it's the people of New Orleans.

I have N'Sync and Aerosmith and Britney Spears. I have a trifecta from hell.

My father painted, well into his 80s, what he called hard edge abstractions. It's really cool.

Writing is thinking and thinking is hard work.