I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore.

I've had more people in my life take their lives than... I think it's out of proportion with most people. I think a lot of them gravitate towards me because of the music.

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

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.

The best I can say is that it's better for me to write about despair and darkness than to be incapable of getting off the sofa. It's better to write about suicide than to contemplate it too heavily.

Nobody gets married to a clever song, let alone falls in love to one.

A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat.