I don't actually like touring.

It was a great thrill just to know Roy Orbison, so to play, sing, write hit songs with him and have him in The Traveling Wilburys was beyond my wildest dreams!

There's not much you can do with a ukulele that doesn't sound happy.

I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song, knock it into shape.

Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.

There are a million people who can come up with little bits. The hard work is making those bits into something.

The hairs stand up on the back of my neck at certain music.

At the end of the day I have to please myself. And I've made a record to please myself.

Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.

Old music is the same as new music - it's just a different way of delivering it.

It was so simple in the old days. You put out an album, people promoted it, it got in the charts, and you had a hit.

And worse I may be yet: the worst is notSo long as we can say 'This is the worst.

To be alive, to able to see, to walk...it's all a miracle. I have adapted the technique of living life from miracle to miracle.

Great players inspire you. The best player I played with was Gervi (Gervinho)

You do not sew with a fork and I see no reason why you should eat with knitting needles.

The books that are really valuable are the books that evoke a sense of place.

Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.

Crowley didn't have a very high opinion of women, and I don't think he was wrong.

All men are ignorant, just on different subjects.

Americans need bullshit the way koala bears need eucalyptus leaves. They've become totally addicted to it. They get so much of it back home that they can't survive without it.

Adventure is a sign of incompetence.