Lyrics need to be good, but they don't need to be obvious right away.

You gotta lean towards the things that make you like yourself. Forget everything else.

It is the melody and the rhythm that are by far the most important and then words and imagery and stuff, story bits will start to stick to a melody and that is the way I write.

I became at peace with the darkness or the personality that I have. I am usually pretty funny and happy.

I drink wine on stage to sort of loosen my grip on reality a little.

My parents know that I have always been sort of a dark melodramatic kid, so they were never concerned.

A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song.

I don't want somebody telling my daughter who she can marry, or what she can do with her body. That's what was at stake.

Maybe because I have spent too much of my life in rock clubs. I don't really go to parties anymore either. I'll usually be in the bus by 11:30 after a show.

I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.

Live on coffee and flowers. Try not to worry what the weather will be.

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

You cannot win if you cannot run.

In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state.

You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.

Why would these English explorers search for these spices, yet never use them in their food?

Health foods make promises that only the Second Coming could fulfill.

Bush's presidency is revisionism-proof. We're going to be recovering from it for the rest of our lives.

I said the kidnapping is a crime. I have the right to speak about the crime done against me. They didn't like me to speak about this crime. So I decided to reveal it to the public.

Winner gave me my bread and Russell gave me my art.