If you listen to the way I speak and watch the way I conduct myself - there's nothing about me that's rock n' roll. It's like, 'Hello, I'm in a rock ….

I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I think about that. I now have a stan….

When I think of Mick Jagger still singing that he can't get any satisfaction in over forty years of being in the Rolling Stones, I have to conclude t….

Airports in major cities, like LAX, are trippy environments. It is at once a national and international gathering of those in transition: The euphori….

The opportunity to write for the 'L.A. Weekly' has been one of the better breaks that has come my way in a long time..

As far as I have been able to understand, the Japanese seem to keep things close to the vest. Friendly but remote and polite to the point of being in….

Castle Face Records, run by The Oh Sees main man, Johnny Dwyer is always worth checking in with..

Think about it: No matter who you are, the past plays a large part in your life. I am all about living in the present as best as I can. Try as I migh….

I can die anytime I want. I wish I could do the same with life..

When the movie comes out, what anybody thinks of it doesn't really matter to me. I don't go to the wrap party. I don't go to the premiere..

When you see the Escalades and the Hummers driving down the street, at least in Los Angeles, this dry, flat desert with shopping malls, when you see ….

There are things that happen so quickly. A better cameraman can capture them, but if the light is not bright and you hoist up your camera by the time….

Can you imagine telling a woman she can't vote!? The women I hang out with would be going home with parts of your anatomy swinging from their rearvie….

I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of his records, not all of them. I've met a couple of the E-Street guys, and they seem….

For me the music is not so much anger as much as it is of passion. And I've always associated that kind of intense emotional output with music just b….

If it's a man's world, as they say, then men, your world is a poorly run carnage fest..

My father did not rock. He just earned and hated. Don't end up like this man..

My favorite species to study would be Cobras and King Cobras which are two different families. They're very intelligent, and they're beautiful lookin….

I see violence in myself; I've done some pretty violent things in my lifetime and I've been around some pretty severe violence all the way up to homi….

I'm not trying to amass people in the streets. I just want them to be more aware..