Ought to be easy, ought to be simple enough: Man meets woman, and they fall in love, But the house is haunted and the ride gets rough. You got to lea….

If I have a song that I feel is really one of my best songs, I like it to have a formal studio recording because I believe that something being offic….

You ride in a limousine the first time, it's a big thrill but after that it's just a stupid car..

Music was my way of keeping people from looking through and around me. I wanted the heavies to know I was around..

Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and a king ain't satisfied until he rules everything..

In America everything's about who's number one today..

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have..

It's a town full of losers And I'm pulling out of here to win..

Born down in a dead man's town, The first kick I took was when I hit the ground, You end up like a dog that's been beat too much, Till you spend half….

I never felt I had enough personal style to pursue being just a guitarist..

The life of a rock & roll band will last as long as you can look down into the audience and see yourself..

I think 1960s small-town America was very Lynchian. Everything was there, but underneath, everything was rumbling..

I'm used to writing something, it becomes a record, it comes out. Then I go perform and I play it and I get this immediate feedback from the audience….

Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music..

You can't kill your way to security and you can't lead by scaring people..

I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention..

Somebody who can reckon with the past, who can live with the past in the present, and move towards the future - that's fabulous..

I have to write and play. If I became an electrician tomorrow, I'd still come home at night and write songs..

Most artists I know had one person in their life who told them they were the second coming of the baby Jesus, and another person that told them they ….

All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling..

Your legs were heaven, your breasts were the alter, your body was the holy land..