I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If you don't have the bass, it's like being amputated. It's like you have no legs.

People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing.

This violent rage that turned inward cannot be helped by drink.

I don't really think about what the subject of my next album will be. I just know that I'm going to make another album.

The sickness of the mother runs on through the girl, leaving her small and helpless. Liquor flies through her brain with the force of a gun, leaving her running in circles.

The rich son waits for his father to die, the poor just drink and cry.

Teach them about anger, the sin that comes with dawning. Teach them about flowers, and the beauty of forgiveness.