My parents got divorced and military school gave me a structure. A lot of kids my age were children of divorced parents. They didn't know what to do with the kids.

Everyone tells tiny lies, what's important really is the size.

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.

Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

The only reason to write is from love.

I liked my father a lot, but I didn't see him very often because my mother was bitter about him. He remarried, and I used to have to sneak off to see him.

It's not so hard to be married, I've done it three or four times.