If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals.

If you're into a certain band, you're into the way they dress.

Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.

I suppose it's nice to have some surprise in life and to surprise yourself in life and see what else you can do.

I get bored quickly. I kind of take my hat off to bands who have been around for a long time and still do the same thing, because it's hard to keep a band together for decades. But I couldn't do that. I couldn't play the same songs night after night or just trade on my past glories, because it wouldn't interest me as a person.

I don't like to get pigeonholed. I don't like it when people think they have you sewn up.

Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.