I thought my goal in life was to be in a successful band, and I had got that, but I was as miserable as I had ever been, and I couldn't understand why that would be.

Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman.

I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.

I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.

I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything.

Jumping through any hoop or taking advantage of any desperate situation that comes up just to sell a product is harmful. It is.

When I was around Bowie, I was nearing the bottom. When we were touring together, I looked at him as a kind of big-brother figure and I also looked at him as somebody I had a lot of respect for. The age and the period he's at in his life, I'd like to be there some day. He has a kind of content peace about him that's something to shoot for.