By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

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.

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs.

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

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords

I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about

Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.

On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason. On electric guitar I keep basic: C, G, D, and A. The key of D minor is also real good for me.

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

Take some advice from an old farmer. You’re in business now. Take the money. You’d be amazed at how many don’t want to pay.

If there is no love, how can there be passion or reason?

I'm convinced normal people miss the majority of God's blessings because they're too busy to notice them.

The climate crisis requires a bottom-up, grassroots demand for solutions because the elites in many parts of the world are under the influence of old industry.

The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn’t poor.

A garden, sir, wherein all rainbows and flowers were heaped together.

The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.

I never like to say that I 'believe' anything. There are no ideas worth believing.

Iggy: "I'll grab a zebra; Gaz, you fill all the bubbles with your trademark scent. so people are choking and gagging; and let's throw beef jerky in their eyes! Now, that's a plan!

I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs.