I've lost my writing skills since college. I couldn't write a book. It would take a long time.

We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive.

Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.

If a voice is just too nice, without an edge, it kinda all flows by. You forget it. You don't listen to the lyrics.

A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique.

I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are big. So, if you have a lot of people there, the percentage of stupid people is bound to be higher.

I think most musicians know if they make the same record twice, even if they say they don't.

Despite my own doubts of being marketable or crushworthy, my goal was to write a record of peppy pop songs, hopefully without annoying anybody.

We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.

I didn't really like confessional poetry or things. They seemed sort of dated to me, or just corny.

The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.

And I? I drink, I burn, I gather dreams.And sometimes I tell a story. Because Promethea asks me for a bowl of words before she goes to sleep.

SPIKE: I whistled at you.STAR: I’m not a dog. Why would I respond to a whistle?[He chuckled. He had been around too many club wh*res.]

I disagree with the advice of 'write about what you know.' Write about what you need to know, in an effort to understand.

If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.

Most schools have only a microwave or deep fryer, hardly the tools needed to feed our children real, fresh food.

Art class was my thing, but not any other class.

Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion

You think that way as you begin to get grayer and you see pretty plainly that the game is not going to end as you planned.

I mean, yeah, Anne Fletcher was a choreographer, but she was born to be a director. You need to have the ability to figure out people's rhythms. It all starts from the script.

A smart man can't beat a hardworking man and a hard working man can't beat a happy working man.