As the dead rise to live, the live sink to die, the currents are deep and raging inside.

I was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were continually making art, and it was impossible not to be affected by that.

But it's not only: What are you going to do about touring, it's: What are you going to do with your life? Is there a point to what we do? I think there is. Making music, creating beautiful things. We have to be in love with the good and the beautiful. If we are not, then you're in a nihilistic state.

You've gotta blow the roof off of your heart and let the universe in.

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.

I dreamed that I was young and smart, and it was not a waste. I dreamed that there was a point of life, and to the human race.

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.