You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.

I drive a lot. Just for pleasure. Sometimes I'll get in the Cadillac and drive around the city or the country, kind of trying to get lost basically. Y'know, just see where roads lead.

Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.

The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.

I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That's three college funds.

If you're a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.

I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend's driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.

I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.

Everyone thinks I'm a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I guess I'll just flip 'em the bird!

I don't like to have everything all worked out in my head because there's always a chance of it coming out different than you think it should anyway.

I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn't a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn't deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.

Close your eyes!""You can't kiss me from down there, Wylan." "Just do it!

You werewater to medeep and bold and fathoming' - Praise Song For My Mother by Charlotte Mew

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.

It's sad and upsetting when you see somebody crying hysterically, but at the same time it's real funny.

In Texas, it's legal for a kid to be in a bar with your parents.

I think there's an enormous lot of talent around, and somewhere amongst these I'm sure that something will emerge, given time.

We love disasters that have nothing to do with us

Peace in every step. The shining red sun is my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that grows. How cool the wind blows. Peace is every step. It turns the endless path to joy.

The most important job of an entrepreneur is to design the business before there is a business.

I'm a history person, and I love the groundedness of that, of being able to go, "Yes! People acted like that."