I try not to do anything by formula.

I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general existential crisis that I think the world and I are going through.

There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.

The most important thing in art is taste.

My father was assassinated by an FBI-CIA connection

Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] of rock music.

Anyone who doesn't think the government killed my father either hasn't given the issue much thought, or is insane.

Wonder Woman was my first love, and now she’s [Charlotte Kemp Muhl) my last.

We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not.

Now Daddy is part of God. I guess when you die you become much more bigger, because you're part of everything.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance

There's absolutely no one in the world that can tell you can't do something. You're the only person that can set that limitation.

It was as if his point of view had, within seconds, gone from that of an ant to that of an eagle. For the sky was hollow, and the world was round.

You can measure a man's worth by the breed of person he throws out of his office.

I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.

I can work on a verse for a very long time before realising it's not any good and then, and only then, can I discard it.

Walk along one day and do nothing wrong, play by the rules, be a good person, do everything right: it doesn't guarantee anything.

I was an art student at the time, like thousands of others.

The next time I cry about golf it will only be with joy. It's not worth crying over golf for any other reason. After all, it's only a game.