I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously.

We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.

I saw a Werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand

All I can say is what I've always said: If you break your leg, stop thinking about dancing and start decorating the cast.

Enjoy every sandwich.

I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in.

They say love conquers all You can't start it like a car You can't stop it with a gun.

If you won't leave me, I'll find someone who will.

There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.

When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.

I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it.

Embrace the fact that we are human. We are flawed, we aren’t invincible, but we are resilient, and we are alive. So we need to live as such

Writing out a goal allows us to see it in words. It creates a statement that does not change

The name Bowie just appealed to me when I was younger. I was into a kind of heavy philosophy thing when I was 16 years old, and I wanted a truism about cutting through the lies and all that.

Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own.

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

Nothing can expand without it growing

You have the energy when you're a kid to really fight for rights - that's why kids make great soldiers, right?

You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close.

I can't promise that I won't continue to embarrass people.

The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.