Most people's jobs are rooted in reality.

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.

If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be—a Christian.

When people speak, listen carefully and pay particular attention to what they are not saying.

There is no such thing as vicarious experience.

Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.

The danger in writing about a world you don't know very well is that you can get lost in it, and sometimes I'll end up with a hundred pages I don't know what to do with.

Because there wasn’t enough time to play 54

No one wrote better about the sin of pride, the corruption of power and the redemption of love. I will miss you, Gabriel García Márquez.

I start to think that I'm losing the love I have without having yet won the love I hope to win.

Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again

Mastery... is to work toward simplicity; replace complex technology with knowledge, hard work, and skill.