Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.
What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.
People have habits about what they think songs should be like. There's the folky thing of: "Poor me, I'm a sensitive person in a cruel world." Or the pop thing of: "Hey, look at me, I'm sexy."
The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.
The United States is a country where everybody can start again.
I get slightly irritated by people who say they're natural rebels because it just means that they're going to be against whatever anybody does, which is almost like saying you might as well leave it as it is.