Sometimes it's hard to hear criticism, or "maybe let's try a different way." People's feelings get hurt.

I sometimes feel like I need to pinch myself. I feel extremely fortunate.

I don't have any intention to stop. Rock 'n' roll is my main concern.

My problem was never with the major label, it was with the guy who we put our trust in and then wouldn't take my phone calls once we'd signed to a major label, who then quit.

I'm usually way more pleased with the stuff that just kinda happens by accident and is no way a pop song. But sometimes the easiest thing for me to write is pop songs.

I'm never trying to be commercial or accessible, or saying "let's do this weird stuff, but at the same time we gotta do this safe stuff".

It's hard being the guy that brings in a song, because you're very, you know, it can be something that you get too sensitive about.

I love not being in charge of writing all the songs, and being the front person - the whole thing is cool.

You definitely get more of a band feel to a song if you've been playing a song live a bunch.

There's no way to replicate a really great vocal sometimes.

I had some really great experiences doing overdubs.

People have a tendency to sometimes doubt when you tell them what you are going to do. But they can never deny the things you actually do.

Look as a painted man is no man and as painted fire is no fire so a cold prayer is no prayer.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

Lethargics are to be laid in the light, and exposed to the rays of the sun for the disease is gloom.

An editorial writer might consult a reporter to see what she thinks, if it is what she covers. But they are entirely independent.

To do then now would be retro. To do then then was very now-tro, if you will.

If you are having a tough time today, push past those boundaries, because by challenging your fears today will become the strength you feel tomorrow... DO WHAT YOU FEAR, DON'T FEAR WHAT YOU DO.

Life is scarier than death.

Life in general in my experience gets deeper and deeper, more and more profound, more and more complex, the older one gets.

Back in my day in the WWF oh.. the WW EEEEE, we had it all. We had Garbage men, we had clowns, we had them all. But we had one thing that was real, and that was me