There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.

I have to be able to see the thing that's going on that I'm writing about, or else it just doesn't make any sense to me.

A gentleman never talks about his tailor.

Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as I can.

The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint, it's an honorable thing to spend all day and all night in front of your canvas - that is the romantic vision of the painter.

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.

Everyone wants to feel that they matter.