I can never turn a tour into a vacation.

You gotta lean towards the things that make you like yourself. Forget everything else.

It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story bits will start to stick to a melody and that is the way I write.

I became at peace with the darkness or the personality that I have. I am usually pretty funny and happy.

I drink wine on stage to sort of loosen my grip on reality a little.

My parents know that I have always been sort of a dark melodramatic kid, so they were never concerned.

A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song.

I don't want somebody telling my daughter who she can marry, or what she can do with her body. That's what was at stake.

Maybe because I have spent too much of my life in rock clubs. I don't really go to parties anymore either. I'll usually be in the bus by 11:30 after a show.

I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.

Live on coffee and flowers. Try not to worry what the weather will be.

Faith never stays put. It's always challenging always questioning. That's what makes it real.

There is no value to anything in this world, at the same time there is no need to ‘devalue’ anything.

Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour, He stood and counted them and cursed his luck; And then the clock collected in the tower Its strength, and struck.

I always begin my stories as experiments - on large yellow tablets - a mixture of writing and sketching.

There should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months.

I was often in the pit lane, the noise was indescribable and I've no doubt that is why my hearing was affected.

John Goodman isn't fat. He's in a category beyond fat. What does one call it? Whalelike.

If you enjoy what you do, if you are interested in what you do, I really think that's the best situation.

Parties on the back of Parties, at war with the world and with each other.

A little (or more) boat burning would do many enterprises a world of good.