I don't need an award to inspire me to keep making music.

People say to me 'You've changed.' and I say 'Haven't you?' People change, it's just life.

Sometimes Lennon needed McCartney and sometimes Simon needed Garfunkel. You'd go mad doing everything on your own.

As a songwriter, it's very hard to listen to music that's not coming from the heart and soul, personally.

If a song is longer than three and a half minutes, itll need something to keep you entertained.

I play music because I love it and I'll keep playin' till I'm old.

Stuck in speed bump city/Where the only thing that's pretty/Is the thought of getting out.

I would love to have been born in the 60s.

I drink to remember I smoke to forget / Some things to be proud of, some stuff to regret.

Perhaps I’m not a nice person, but no one’s perfect.

I dont need an award to inspire me to keep making music.

Your goodness must have some edge to it -- else it is none.

Sometimes anger pave the path of success.

You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.

Never judge a book by its price.

If you are feeling constrained by a group that you belong to, ask yourself, “How can I participate in this community and still be who I am?

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there.

Anything that consoles is fake.

My genetics are good, but they aren't crazy He-Man style.

Science is a method, not a religion, yet it can be just as close-minded. Open minds here Claire. Always open minds. Question everything, accept nothing as fact until you prove it for yourself.

Everybody in the media thinks the New York Times is the bible. So whatever is in it is safe to run and is gospel, and is unchallengeable. It's infallible.