I'd like to explain why you fine young men had to be blown apart to defend this mud hole.

I've written a song for Prince. I never showed it to Prince, but just to see if I could do it. At the time, when I sort of knew him, he was recording a song a day. I wondered if I could do that. So I wrote it.

I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usually have something.

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

I am half a man, holy Jesus, what a drag.

Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind.

Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.