I've enjoyed, to a certain extent, any country I've been in, of course like Serbia and Croatia can be very restrictive and oppressive, and frustratin….

The talking shows allow me to come out of my cave and that's why those shows go on for so long. I hate walking off stage. Sometimes I walk off and I ….

Quite often governments are one way and the people are another. You can't judge the many by the actions of a few. What if Americans were all judged b….

I try to be well informed. I don't know how well I do all the time, but I try nonetheless..

The bible saw that can get a lot of people killed, so let's try and steer people away from that. I am not an expert on the bible. I am just saying..

I'd like to rid myself of writing, to surrender, to release the venom. And hopefully at some point, I'll be a happy, well-adjusted guy and I'll have ….

I think Americans suffer for their lack of travel, awareness of the world. It has horribly warped our sense of place in the scheme of things..

I think there is something very interesting about people who live day to day in an environment where they could get taken out by a wild animal. There….

I'm a recognizable person and some people feel the need for some reason to take me to task. You're really messing with the wrong person on that one..

I just write what I think is good and keep it at a thousand words..

I'm usually busy - if you call me at the house, I get about four phone calls there a year - I'm usually running around the house with a pen in my mou….

You can say, "Well, I have a question," and someone will say, "Oh, so you hate America." And it has nothing to do with the discussion at all..

To justify being listened to, I try to be as well informed as I can. Hence, the travel. Reading is good too. Reading gets you part way there, and I d….

I listen to blues music a lot and that's a good person feeling bad and celebrating that pain by releasing it in that kind of joyous fashion..

If the truth is told how I want to be remembered... as someone who cared. Someone who worked really hard and someone who didn't sit around..

Thank you for touching me. Some of the only moments worth living were spent with you. Not you especially, the collective you..

I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place..

No one should die when they're 50..

Some music really does suck!.

I do think that Americans are poorly served by their media, at times extremely poorly served by their elected officials who are non responsive to maj….

Hopefully, one enhances [when growing older] his sense of humor. As he approaches 50, he'll need all the humor he can get..