I get criticized for a lot of what I write about, but as far as I'm concerned I'm actually standing up and having a look at what goes on in the minds of men, and I have the authority to talk about it because I'm a man.

I write songs from the point of view I had at a time;I'm not tryingto write songs from a young person's point of view.That only ends in disaster.

To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It's exhausting.

The more information you have, the more human our heroes become and consequently the less mysterious and godlike. They need to be godlike.

I'm not religious, and I'm not a Christian, but I do reserve the right to believe in the possibility of a god.

My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a balm to the spirits.

I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.