I think as far as self-promotion goes, I probably have a lot to learn.

I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You never put tar paper on a roof, did ya?

When people ask me really stupid questions or get it really wrong, I feel embarrassed for them. I don't really feel angry at them.

My only expenses are probably guitar strings and records.

I don't spend as much time on my hair as people think. I get out of the shower, whack some grease on there and I'm done.

I never set out to write a certain kind of song, I just play my guitar and see if I catch something.

I believe the angels listen, God hears us pray. And I believe in a beautiful day.

I didn't grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go.

I keep things pretty simple.

I wear a lot of second hand clothes unless I have a concert and then I wear beaded and sequined second hand clothes. No stylist dresses me although I do have a woman that assists me with the buttons.

Singing is something that I'm always happy to do it and going in the studio I never felt any pressure. I just feel like I get to sing, you know. It's fun.

The sign of a good novel is what it can cause its reader to see, even if this lies beyond the author's own vision.

Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not.

Praise out of season or tactlessly bestowed can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Chance alone is at the source of all novelty, all creation in the biosphere.

Writers, all the good ones, are Natural Born Liars.

I think people can stand to take themselves just a little less seriously. I'm fighting the war against pretension.

He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself

It takes a heap of sense to write good nonsense

So who was she? (Vane) Why do you assume it was a female? (Fang) Didn’t know you were fond of men. I’ll file that under my special Fang folder. (Vane)

The hardest thing, I think, is to live richly in the present, without letting it be tainted & spoiled out of fear for the future or regret for a badly-managed past.