I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band.

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs.

I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords

I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about

Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.

On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason. On electric guitar I keep basic: C, G, D, and A. The key of D minor is also real good for me.

If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write

Time’s violence rends the soul

Let me control the textbooks, and I will control the state.

To do then now would be retro. To do then then was very now-tro, if you will.

My writing is extremely important, so I write every day. I just enjoy it. I get a kick out of it.

Leadership is anytime you seek to influence the thinking, behavior, or development of others.

We're undefeated in regulation.

For our democracy has been marred by imperialism, and it has been enlightened only by individual and sporadic efforts at freedom.

Actually, 3D is really the most normal thing because it's how those of us with two eyes usually see the world. TVs are the unusual things in 2D!

Sometimes I’m afraid that I’m losing myself.

You can't just have a thought. You have to follow the thought through. But everything starts with the thought.