People like to see human error when it’s honest. When people see you swing and miss, they start to root for you.

A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat.

I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard.

The ones that love us least, are the ones we'll die to please.

The soul of rock 'n' roll is mistakes, and making mistakes work for you. The people who shy away from mistakes and play it safe have no business playing rock 'n' roll.

Stick with your heart and you'll be fine.

Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept.

Nobody can miss you unless you go away.

It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did.

The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.

I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore.

I dance to the song in my soul.

MUSIC is, can, and will.

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.

I don't pitch for contracts.

Lazy and superficial men and women do not produce superior work.

I'm my own worst critic, so I try and not focus on what I've done wrong, or what I could improve on.

It's a very strange phenomenon being hated by people you've never met. Some journalists just seem to hate me and everything I do, and it's disconcerting because I've never met this person.

I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not supply - The cause, the effect would die

The circle of our understanding is a very restricted area.