The Arabic states have to be integrated into the Iraqi reconstruction. We need the help of the Arabic community, which understands its culture. Americans arrive, invade, occupy.

Got to fight to control the violent side, every day and night.

When people start asking you to do the same thing over and over again, that's when you know you're way too close to something that you don't want to be near.

I ran into the preacher, said God was on my side, then I ran into the hangman.

Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning, find someone who's turning, and you will come around.

You can't be 20 on Sugar Mountain.

I do one take; I never overdubbed twice. I know there's stuff that isn't perfect, but it doesn't matter: Nothing is perfect, and there is a magic there that is undeniable because of the fact that we don't care about those things.