You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense.

It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff.

If you want to put your rock 'n' roll into mythology, [A Period of Transition] is from the Daddy Cool school.

Did you ever hear about the rock and roll singer who got 3 or 4 Cadillacs, saying power to the people, dance to the music, wants you to pat him on the back.

I was just getting tired of the image bullshit...that man of mystery trip and what have you. What's that all about?

If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over.

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.