Get good live and get a following because that's what people notice.

I have always been fascinated with guns. I grew up in America so granted, it is part of our heritage and it is written into the laws of how this country is run.

I love Indian food - it's my favourite cuisine. I love the mixture of spices and the subtle flavours. It's really erotic; the spices are so sensuous.

Take life on life's terms - one day at a time. And have fun while you're doing it.

I guess we all have a bad night now and then and really screw up. I listened to our earlier stuff and we screwed up a lot. But at least now that we are sober, when we screw up it's for real.

Music is music; you don't have to put a label on it.

I love to listen to the music that first inspired me - I get that fresh feeling back.

I don't see anyone avoiding the Stones because DJs make jokes about them being a part of the Geritol set. All it does is make the DJs look stupid.

A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks.

I've come to realize that you live on through recordings; they're like a musical diary, a window into somebody's soul.

My chosen instrument is guitar and, fortunately, I'm able to muddle through that. I can play guitar to the point where I can express myself artistically.

Clarifications create either great communities or great conflicts.

What does greed mean? Greed means taking away what belongs to others.

Sometimes you just have to take the pie in the face.

Democrats and progressives do well when the voter turnout is high. Republicans do well when the voter turnout is low.

When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.

What you call flaws are really just scars and wounds accumulated over a lifetime.

Family and friends always need to be bigger than your music career, and in that sense, your music will be bigger because you respect your family and your friends more.

Come from your knees to the sermon, and come from the sermon to your knees

I want to dress like a child as much as possible.

I needed to be alone, I felt. I wanted to be going on alone to my future.