The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' at the door. I'm lookin' at my girlfriend, she's passed out on the floor.

I think in most cases, unless you're writing about a character who is garrulous, you say what you've got to say and then get out. Those little conjunctions, those little turnaround words help you do it. That's the way I like to write: I get rid of things rather than add them.

We don't know our ass from a hole in the ground.

This one guy's wife is such a pretty brown thing, that I'm liable to give her a poke or two. Whaddaya think of that?

Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.

I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well on stage.

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