If people were really naked and everyone knew what each other was thinking, everyone would probably just laugh... or they'd lock each other up.

I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities.

Just as with a guitar, you can improvise a guitar solo, and they'd probably be similar each time, but they won't be exactly the same. With the word, it's probably a bit freer than that. I probably repeat myself more musically than I do verbally.

The band is like a vintage car. You take it out to go for a spin for a couple miles, but you wouldn't drive across the country.

If I played just one song from every album, I would be onstage for two and a half hours. No one wants a show that long.

In this world of doubt, one thing is certain for me; that I will go on writing songs up to and - I hope, through heavenly means or diabolical - beyond the day I die.

Promoting a record on a major label is like running a minor military campaign.