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.

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.

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.

They say rock is dead. Andy [Warhol] said art is dead. God is dead according to Nietzsche. If everything's dead what's alive? Only technology. We're in the era of technology.

Get around people who are trying to make a difference in the world. Iron sharpens iron.

Every living thing deserves our respect... be it humble or proud, ugly or beautiful.

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.

Today's egg is better than tomorrow's hen.

When people are in trouble they need to talk.

I'm very grateful for the platform that I've had in my life to speak out about the things I care about.

You never know what even the bad situations will lead to, which I guess is true with anything in life.

The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I do not. Can't you see? I do not.

The industry needs transforming. It’s for others to decide whether they want to get stuck in the past or whether they want to come on the journey.

I'm not running for canonisation.