More of my songs are intended to be funny than almost anyone else. Sometimes maybe it cheers me up a bit. I've got a distance from it. Sometimes what I'm writing is more important to me than the rest of my life. It's more important to me that I'm writing well than anything else.

I like Public Enemy a great deal.

To get nominated by the Republican Party you've got to be pretty reactionary, really.

But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.

He got drunk last night, kicked Mama down the stairs. But I'm alright, so I don't care.

The best of my songs are more than just a joke. There's something else going on - a character, or it's not just a plain joke.

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.