I've gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind..

Im really good at writing almost hits..

I do have that mindset - that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath..

With a song, it only takes a couple of minutes to go back to the beginning and try it again to see if it works. The novel freaks me out because, what….

Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I've got Joni Mitchell records, and they're great, and I couldn't possibly be that good..

I'm older than I was, and I'm still washed-up, and I haven't changed my music one iota. It's just much easier to do this when people are being nice t….

I feel like a quote out of context..

I think alcohol is a good drug for me when I'm writing. I don't think I've ever had a problem with it. I can stop for a few weeks, so I think it's ok….

Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere.

I start songs all the time. If I weren't so lazy, I would finish them. It's like when I have a deadline I have to. I always feel very lucky that I am….

If you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall.

I want people to listen to my lyrics and be okay with themselves. The people who have it the roughest are homosexuals who come out of the closet..

The way I see it, there's only one melody for any song..

Everyone, when you're a teenager and you're growing up, you do feel like your life is dramatic enough to be on a TV screen, but we know that it's not..

There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired..

If the melody is telling me this is what the song is about, then I'm sort of forced into confession, autobiography or fantasy. If I don't do that, I'….

It's like being in the position of - in half of the industry's mind, you're kind of a cult-following, independent rocker. And on the other hand, you'….

The press is like any business. Its a group of really intelligent individuals that ends up being one slathering, one-eyed, drooling monster..

The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn't happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it..

The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late..

When someone really goes to tell you something about what they're thinking, they're going to wear that experience with them. That's what you have to ….