For me, it's very childish to tour on a train. And I think that's a powerful quality, to inspire childishness.

When you're in pain, you're genuinely very, very alive, and that's beautiful. Especially emotional pain.

I think that when you're open, you're at your most powerful.

Even the most deft pen is a clumsy tool.

When you're comfortable, you're not necessarily inclined to care about things that are contributing to your comfort. It's difficult.

In my heart, I'm always in my rail-hosen.

Unless you are in the willingness and ease and ecstasy of some kind of moment, you may end up the editor of your thoughts and of your expressions. I find I'm that way on stage.

I think fun is one of the best gifts we can give to each other. If everyone was having fun we'd be in good shape.

Sometimes, I have to really monitor myself, but the only monitoring job I really do on myself on stage is, Is this truthful? Is this truthful? Is this truthful? Ideally, I send it in a flow of truth.

What makes me deeply vulnerable? Probably the thing I suffer most from and have the most uncontrollable reactions from is still social anxiety.

What gets me pretty pissed off is the whole Monsanto engineered foods issue.

I can only see life as this most miserable accident that I have been forced to endure simply because I refuse to see it as the most astounding plan that I have been privileged to engage.

My first crime novel, "Wild Horses," sold at auction, and that changed my life at an ideal time.

......so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing.

Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.

Because the only thing that punk rock should ever really mean, is not sitting 'round and waiting for the lights to go green

For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.

I don't want...to run away by myself... because no matter what...I'd rather be together with everyone.

Writing is a political instrument.

Fill each day with light and heart.

I think being able to really fall in love with someone is the craziest thing that could ever happen. You know, allowing yourself to really go there and really feel those things is extremely scary.