Critics are notoriously liberal with their use of the term 'genius'.

I don't separate writing songs from poetry and short fiction. In the area where I work in my house, there's a word processor and a guitar.

My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.

You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't take no charity.

San Antonio is like a military town. It's like literally - when I was growing up there, there were five Air Force bases, plus Fort Sam Houston. I was always sort of near the military.

There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.

I've never known of Wal-Mart to be a good neighbor in any town it's ever moved into.