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 walked 500 miles just to see a halo, when I opened my eyes I was blind as can be.

bringing up children was]like living with a bunch of drunks...you really have to be on your toes all the time.

When you say you're doing an opera, it's like when you're a seven-year-old and say, 'I'm off to Washington, Dad.' You kind of go, 'Sure. Sure you are, son.'

Most changes in music, most exciting things that happen in music, occur through a miscommunication between people "I thought you said this." Poetry comes out of that too.

You just write and you don't try to make sense of it. You just put it down the way you got it.

I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.