Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band.

I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.

I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there.

I never did heroin, because I thought that meant I was doing heavy drugs, which shows you the insanity of doing drugs. I probably should have done heroin, because I understand heroin actually makes you feel good. Cocaine just makes you stupid.

I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.

I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of.

If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write