The best songs I write in 20 minutes.

CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything.

I'd forgotten what it was like to play music and have it be fun so I decided to stop. I wasn't even sure if I was going to make a new record, I was just kinda quitting.

I don't like alcohol, but I still like to mess around with other stuff occasionally. I think it's important I take mushrooms and acid. They're certainly not addictive, so I can't rule that out.

When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly - constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence.

I used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again.

It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.

I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think.

I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.

My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.

When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of 'em.

Boasting is one of those rare outfits that never looks good on you but makes you look stunning when modeled by your admirers.

If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world.

It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.

No times were more dangerous than when our country was born, when revolution was our midwife.

Take care of your friends. Because there will come a time when you'll be no good to anyone, and the only reason for people to talk to you will be sheer habit.

We cannot reform the world.... Uncle Sugar is as dangerous a role for us to play as Uncle Shylock.

I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect.

My dad taught me my faith, and I believe what he taught me. The man never lied to me in his life.

Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call

I want people to make the same choice I made to get healthy.