The average life expectancy of a celebrity is 20 years less than someone working in a coal mine.

For my most of my career I've been a falling-down drunk. Most of my interviews were done hungover, and for a while it was great.

The main thing that excites me and makes me want to get out of bed is the thought of being able to go into my studio to work on music.

How wondrous familiar is a fool!

I won't complain about touring, because I really do believe that a public-figure musician complaining about being a public-figure musician is just absurd. Like, 'Boo hoo hoo! I have to stand on stage and people pay attention to me!'

One of the reasons why fundamentalists are so aggressive in trying to promote fundamentalism is because deep down they know it's arbitrary. If you're comfortable with your belief you don't need to convince other people to agree with you.

It just seems like musicians want to sell a few records and put out a perfume line, and I think it's so sad that there are so many musicians who don't want to change the world.