The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not..

By the fourth or fifth record there was not a lot of time to sit around. We [The Replacements] stopped rehearsing. We stopped getting together and re….

It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still ….

A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat..

It's like, it's up to the people to fall in love with the song. The record company can only do so much..

Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept..

I listen back, and I hear what's there, and I know in my heart, in my gut, that we [The Replacements] were the real deal. No one can take that away. ….

The soul of rock 'n' roll is mistakes, and making mistakes work for you. The people who shy away from mistakes and play it safe have no business play….

Each album we [The Replacements] made was the one we were capable of making and wanted to make at the time. Each one was a progression or, depending ….

I think it should be evident by now, but I'm as lost as anyone..

People like to see human error when it’s honest. When people see you swing and miss, they start to root for you..

There is that unpredictability of the seasons that I enjoy. I like the threat of a tornado. I like the threat of four feet of snow..

I didn't wake up one morning and not be in the Replacements. We're all that forever, and I've just grown older. I mean, I haven't lost anything. I've….

I used to write things that might have sounded better coming out of an older person's voice or vision. Hence, "grandpa-boy." I'm an old man, but I'm ….

I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore..

I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-ne….

The ones that love us least, are the ones we'll die to please..

Actually, I've done it the other way so many times where you rehearse the band and you do the whole thing with lights, the show and the crew - everyt….

I think of the Replacements only when they're brought up to me. For two years, I'm at home, they don't really cross my mind. I still hear them on the….

Nobody gets married to a clever song, let alone falls in love to one..

Although, my experience when I've been depressed, not only am I too depressed to sit down and write a song, I'm too depressed to pick up my feet. So ….