The trick is to have a career and have a family. It's like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.

I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong… I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.

I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint - I'm selfish and I'm cruel and I'm blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they're so hard to find.

I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.

If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal.

I’ve always been a word guy, I like weird words and I like American slang and all that and words that are no longer being used… I like to drag them out of the box and wave them around… this is an interesting one, it’s amazing how in addition to punctuation just a little pause in the wrong place can just completely transform the meaning of something.

Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?