The belief in the '70s was that music was changing the world. I never believed that it had that great an effect. The effect Madonna had on fashion and sort of mores of young girls was a bigger deal than anything Dylan may have said, even.

Short people got no reason to live.

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

I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and essentially destroying it!

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?

Don't forget to bring that little blonde haired girl along. You know the one, love to watch her jump up and down.

If getting on the radio was a major motivation, I'd be one of the worst writers of all time. I admire people who do it, and I think it's a nice way to work, but I try to do the best I can and write what I like. I don't worry about it.