I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head, don't sit down and try to write a song. You know, go mow the lawn...My songs speak for themselves.

Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them. And I try to forgive them anyway I can.

This time [2016] is very similar to the '60s, as far as I can tell.

We had the Vietnam War in the '60s, and there was a draft. The students didn't believe in it, and it unified them.

If you wanna write a song, ask a guitar

It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down.

Everything is minimal, and if it's over, it's over. We're abrupt with things: in and out. Especially if it's an overdub - it's gone. It does something that's not real.