People can vote for who ever they want. That doesn't mean I have to go near them.

I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket.

I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most of the major cities.

You do this because you like it, you think what you're making is beautiful. And if you think it's beautiful, maybe they think it's beautiful.

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

Raymond Chandler managed to write about L.A. his whole career. Should I keep going writing about New York? Is that what I should be doing? Songwriting doesn't work that way.

I write whatever shows up. That's good enough for me. I'm part of the first generation that wants to still do original material and not tour around as an oldies act.