I took a hundred dollars from a blindman's hand.

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.

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.

What you want is for music to love you back. That's why you pay your dues. You want to feel like you belong and are part of this symbiosis, metamorphosis, whatever you want to call it.

A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.

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

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