One thing I've often thought is that I never want to tell anybody else what to do. It's hard enough to figure out what I want to do.

I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.

I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.

Take a walk on the wild side.

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.

Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful.

Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat.

But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but.

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

Life's like a mayonnaise soda.

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

u wil win if u do not quit

A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn't protect itself and it doesn't hide. It stands out, like a baby's fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through.

Presence always wins out over principles.

Bone by bone, hair by hair, Wild Woman comes back. Through night dreams, through events half understood and half remembered.

All of a sudden I had the revelation of how enchanting my pond was.

Be sure your sins will find you out, especially if you're married and her name's Bertha

One thing that you hope for when you want to be a musician is that you have that recognizable sound.

Reducing health costs and increasing access to health care are worthy goals that every Member of Congress should support.

The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication.

That is not a crack house. It is a house with a family with a father and a mother and three sons and a daughter.