I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.

If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.

Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.

I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

I'd literally rather hang out at the T.G.I. Friday's in New Jersey than tool around at a place that sells $40 cheeseburgers.

I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.

And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want with it, it's kind of hard to resist certain opportunities, especially in the record market now.