Brother, be a brother, fill this tiny cup of mine. And please, sir, make it whiskey: I have no head for wine!

The concept of God in America is very different than it is in England. Because we see the horrendous outcome of religion as being an American thing, in which the name of God has been hijacked by a gang of psychopaths and bullies and homophobes, and the name of God has been used for their own twisted agendas.

I am not interested in anything that doesn't have a genuine heart to it. You've got to have soul in the hole. If that isn't there, I don't see the point.

I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.

I think I have always had a pretty strong creative impulse. And that has probably saved me from abandoning myself completely.

The songs that I like are the ones that you can't visualize, that are just cries from the heart - those very straight, direct songs that make rock & roll music so wonderful.

I don't really care who collects my work, black, white, red, yellow. You have to also be consciously aware of, what does this mean in your home? And how are you supporting this work and the message behind the work?