You have to defend your honor. And your family.

I didn't go out looking for fights as a kid, but if it was necessary, I'd fight. Fighting was a daily thing where we lived.

If you have to fight a crowd of boys, it's best to go for the biggest one. That way you won't have to fight them all. The others will see that you mean business and you will win their respect.

But I never want to get to the point where I write a safe song or one that represents my sense of a subject in order to appear civilized.

I still feel conflicted because I don't always get to spend as much time with my daughter as I'd like, given my work.

I wasn't afraid of going places or doing new things. I would do just about anything or go anywhere. I'd get a notion in my mind and just follow it.

If language were liquid, it would be rushing in. Instead here we are in a silence more eloquent than any word could ever be.