My muse is my wife. It's not some vague thing that flutters around the astrosphere or wherever it is. Sometimes as a songwriter you need something to hang a song on, to give it some kind of presence and form. For me, Susie is that.

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.

We as visual artists need to continue to be renegades and say, "Yes I am here to do a project, but what is the social service?"

Who knows their own story? It certainly makes no sense when you’re in the middle of it

I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really.

Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph.

A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh.