There's a place down the street; Seven Xs. What does that mean? Maybe it's... girls without skin.

Well it's hotter 'n blazes and all the long faces / there'll be no oasis for a dry local grazier

Anton brings the camera. I'll bring a tuba, wear black, not shave, and take us to a burned-down Chinese restaurant. (On being photographed by his longtime photo collaborator Anton Corbijn)

I used to imagine that making it in music - really making it in music - is if you're an old man going by a schoolyard and you hear children singing your songs, playing jump-rope, or on the swings. That's the ultimate. You're in the culture.

I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We're all looking at the wrapping. But we won't tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath.

All that you've loved is all you own

I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.