And if California slides into the ocean, as the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this hotel will be standing until I've paid my bill.

To me, the message of my songs, of all songs, is "enjoy life." My message as a person who evidently doens't have much more planned is the same. It's the only message I ever thought art had any business having.

It's hard to find a girl with a heart of gold, when you're living in a four letter world.

Little old lady got mutilated late last night, werewolves of London, again.

There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.

Regrets are so far from reality.