Us girls deserve more than one song. We deserve more than one pledge of solidarity. We deserve better songs than any boy will ever write about us.

...there is a void in my guts which can only be filled by songs.

I search for love frantically... and quitting at the last moment by making excuse for myself that I've tried

The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic.

A teacher's not going to bother being tough on you for no reason it's when they're not paying you attention that you should worry.

There's nothing more life-changing than fatherhood.

All our losses and sufferings will be made up to us in the resurrection.

You do have a tendency to severe spinal cords." "Only for you.

I never duck out of a fight; I don't care what the hell the odds are, and I'm rough at times, but I try to be a decent guy all the time. That's the way I've always lived.

The electric guitar meant that you could have a band with a drummer and a couple of guitars. And that put a lot of horn players out of work.

I've never done an album in the same place really - I like to be able to remember where I did every single one of them .

Hey, I'm like the Wayne Gretsky of the entertainment biz - I have other people do my dirty work while I skate around and get to be a nice guy. What can I say? I'm a coward.