 Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself. |
| There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something. |
| When I was a young musician, the only option available to pursue secondary education in music was to attend a classical conservatory. |
| There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex. |
| Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music. |
| My songs are like my kids. |
| I don't know why people thought I was retiring. |
| In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job. |
| Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so. |
| I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter. |
| I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things. |
| I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking. |
| Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are. |
| Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life. |
| I've crashed my car three times. |
| Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand. |
| I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld. |
| I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection. |
| If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time. |
| The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent. |
