This was the great difference between disappointing him and disappointing somebody like my mother, or even my aunts. Masculine self-centeredness made him restful to be with.

See me just as I see you.

The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.

When I think of the pace that I drove my first race, everything was happening a million miles an hour. Now when I get in the car everything happens so much slower.

I also just accept that I might never want to write a song again.

I bought a gun because POW POW sounds a lot better than Hey, put that back!

A culture is as rich and capable of surviving as it has imaginative artists.

Taken as a whole the mass media seldom rises to the level of deplorable trash, but it is also true that there is no mass audience in America for anything better.

Women say they want a man who knows what a woman's worth. That's a pimp.

You need to learn to live with your mistakes. And you need to be in a position to say No once in a while. It's important in life, and it's important for any career that you want to pursue.

I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.