So much of rock lyrics is just a mirror of real feeling. It doesn't feel dangerous to me. They just feel like "rock lyrics."

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.

Lucky Luke: I wonder how you manage to read with everything that's going on.Jolly Jumper: By turning the pages just like everyone else.

Does giving your piece of mind, bring a peace of mind? Or is it better to be silent and let the war inside subside?

Maybe that's why people have friends at all. Not because they like them so much but because they don't make them feel so much worse.

I think the most important thing that I've learned is that you live and you learn. Try not to make the same mistakes twice.

: But the people on the CD are famous. Those people were coming out to see those people. I don't think they need that kind of intimacy with those people.

Never let your small business make you small-minded.

When we put our best foot forward, the other one had better be good enough to stand on.

If I thought you weren't my friend, I just don't think I could bear it.

I want to work beyond external aggressions, forget that one has something to do for others if it's not for oneself.

I went through a long period when I thought my photographs were not visible - on the wall, but not visible.