Then again, I think about high school every day and I think about being a little kid every day too.

I'm not dissatisfied with my place in it rock 'n' roll.

I think it should be evident by now, but I'm as lost as anyone.

I think of the Replacements only when they're brought up to me. For two years, I'm at home, they don't really cross my mind. I still hear them on the radio. I'm not ashamed of anything we did.

It's like, it's up to the people to fall in love with the song. The record company can only do so much.

I try to write for highest common denominator. I don't write for dumb people. I figure if everybody doesn't get it, that's OK. Someone bright enough will get it, and that's who I write for. It's probably not the way to make million-sellers. What can I say? I won't apologize for trying to write for smart people.

The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.