Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.

Arithmetic arithmetock Turn the hands back on the clock How does the ocean rock the boat? How did the razor find my throat? The only strings that hold me here Are tangled up around the pier.

And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.

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

I'm not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.

My wife called me a mule. She once said, "I didn't marry a man; I married a mule!" I kept thinking about it. It was in the back of my head. I think it makes a good title for an album.

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!