Once you do have a child you want to talk about every detail of it. And it is really boring to all your friends and it should be.

You gotta lean towards the things that make you like yourself. Forget everything else.

It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story bits will start to stick to a melody and that is the way I write.

I became at peace with the darkness or the personality that I have. I am usually pretty funny and happy.

I drink wine on stage to sort of loosen my grip on reality a little.

My parents know that I have always been sort of a dark melodramatic kid, so they were never concerned.

A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song.

I don't want somebody telling my daughter who she can marry, or what she can do with her body. That's what was at stake.

Maybe because I have spent too much of my life in rock clubs. I don't really go to parties anymore either. I'll usually be in the bus by 11:30 after a show.

I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.

Live on coffee and flowers. Try not to worry what the weather will be.

The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.

Don't fight the trail, take what it gives you. If you have a choice between one step or two between rocks, take three.

Every day, in some way, we're all being prepared for something better.

Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.

Let's save tomorrow's troubles for tomorrow.

Many have told me through the years: 'I think I'll take my chances without Jesus.' And I always come back and say, 'So what chance is that?'

If we're going to fight a disease, let's fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference.

I think almost everybody enjoyed fairy tales when they were young, tales of witches and ogres and monsters and dragons and so forth. You get a little bit older, you can't read fairy tales any more.

If you don't have any money, it is still a simple process to create in your feelings an acknowledgement that what you do have is abundance and the world is, in fact an abundant place to be.

Occasionally there are people who are not like me, and I forget that they're more introverted or shy, or just don't want to make a decision so quickly.