 I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy. |
| I love to go on stage and sing. |
| Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform. |
| Nothing brings people together more, then mutual hatred. |
| So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life. |
| This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky. |
| I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity. |
| I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view. |
| Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium. |
| In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record. |
| My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud. |
| It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew. |
| I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that. |
| It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids. |
| So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but I don't take myself seriously as an actor. |
| I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone. |
| I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing. |
| Well, we run my ship differently. Any offer that comes in, I yay or nay it, no matter how insane it is. Like, if someone asks me if I'm interested in doing a porn film, the answer to that is going to be no, but it comes to me anyway. I'm responsible for making the call. |
| Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better. |
| I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it. |
