George Bush is a fan of mine, he came to see me in the Seventies. His coke dealer brought him.

I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It's terrible for the culture of music.

I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.

I did my time in the jail of your arms

You know, we just buy music now. We don't make it any more. And that goes for just about everything. I think it's so important that people develop and subscribe to and have confidence in their own ability to make music, however rough it is.

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.

I dunno when I started writing really. I was, like, filling out applications and stuff real early. Last name first, first name last, sex. 'occasionally' , stuff like that. Then I was writing letters, filling out forms, writing on bathroom walls.