I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.

Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.

I make mistakes. I say stupid things. I do idiotic things. And, quite frankly, I'm proud of them. Why not make mistakes?

I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.

Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.

I was brought up in many different cultures, moving around all the time, and I find my identity in my songs. I project the identity I want to have throughout the songs that I write.

When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.

I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.

I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.

You can only get over your fears if you attack them head on.

Once you hear the details of victory it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

This sort of people are so taken up with their theories about the rights of man that they have totally forgotten his nature.

Wouldst thou be famed? have those high acts in view, Brave men would act though scandal would ensue.

The brain rewards us for interacting with beautiful things. In this way, evolution wants to encourage us to do what is good for us.

Just like credit card companies, or those student loan people. Now there's evil for you.

Decriminalization would take the profit out of drugs and greatly reduce, if not eliminate, the drug-related violence that is currently plaguing our streets.

Maybe when I'm dead, I'll be forgiven, but I'm afraid I'll also be forgotten.

The sun comes back every day with new and powerful secrets.

The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.