Life's just a cocktail party - on the street.

It's hard to believe that you did so many drugs for so long. That's what I find really hard. And didn't really consider it. It was eating and drinking and taking drugs and having sex. It was just part of life.

Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts.

When you write songs, you have to like them yourself first, but then you have to make everyone else like them, because you can force them to play it, but you can't force them to like it.

I love America, but I can't spend the whole year here. I can't afford the taxes.

I didn't want to make teenage comedies, and I didn't want to make really trashy films. I wanted to make films that were a bit challenging.

My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.