I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.

It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll)

Believe it or not, people went so far as to suggest that I might not be able to write songs anymore because now I am married. I tried to explain again that there are other things to write about besides boy meets girl, girl meets boy, boy breaks up with girl, girl is sad.

When the muse hits me, or the mood, or whatever it is, I get my guitar out and I empty it out. I just start going through things to see what's going to happen.

Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything.

The thing about Alzheimer's is that it's... it's sort of like all these little, small deaths along the way, before they actually physically die.

I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.