The things I thought would happen didn't. Things I never anticipated unfolded.

Rock & roll is like a painting. Can great paintings still be done? It depends on who holds the brush.

I always hesitate when people call me a musician.I have had no musical training. I can't play anything. I really think of myself as a performer. It's always been writing for me. I evolved with my band in rock 'n' roll through poetry, not through music.

The film [Dream of Life] is not really an amateur work, despite the fact that none of us have ever done anything like this before; aesthetically, none of us are amateurs.

An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.

You can't make a mistake when you improvise.

I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.