I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my own material and acted through that. That's my idea of fun. I get to be all these things in the songs.

It's just a temporary thing.

You won't see my parents honored on any stamps.

How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?

Herpes, AIDS, the Middle East at full throttle. Better check that sausage before you put it in the waffle.

I never liked the Beatles. I thought they were garbage.

I wanna hear some Diana Ross, I wanna hear some Marvin Gaye. I wanna hear a song that reminds me of a better day.