Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there's a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it's all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record.

All the things I used to count on to get my music out there - record companies, they're all gone. And radio stations, they're gone - they're completely controlled by the government. If they're not controlled by the government, they're controlled by a programmer who's controlled by the government. Mainstream radio is suspect. You can't trust it.

I trust people. So I make my music for people not for candidates.

Lust comes creeping through the night to feed on hearts of suburban wives who learned to pretend when they met their dreams end.

Bad news is just an excuse.

I got religion in the airport, my Lord. They caught me waiting on my baggage when I was bored.

The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it.