I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.

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.

I liked being on stage, I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.

A writer, or any artist, can’t expect to be embraced by the people [but] you just keep doing your work - because you have to, because it’s your calling.

We tried not to age, but time had its rage.

I don't know why, the very first word on my very first record is 'Jesus.' I still invoke him as an entity to reckon with.

Hung-up women can't produce anything but mediocre art, and there ain't no room for mediocre art.