When an instrument fails on stage it mocks you and must be destroyed!
If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules.
Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman.
Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am.
I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.
Balance is good, because one extreme or the other leads to misery, and I've spent a lot of my life at one of those extremes.