I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about..

I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it..

I'll sleep when I'm dead..

We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them..

If you won't leave me, I'll find someone who will..

I like wherever I am. That's my big secret..

Enjoy every sandwich..

I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did..

All I can say is what I've always said: If you break your leg, stop thinking about dancing and start decorating the cast..

When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse..

They say love conquers all You can't start it like a car You can't stop it with a gun..

I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in..

And if California slides into the ocean, as the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this hotel will be standing until I've paid my bill..

There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death..

The hurt gets worse as the heart grows harder..

People write because it seems like it'll be an easier job than carpet laying, that they might meet more girls. And they write because the world strik….

don't let us get sick, don't let us get old, don't let us get stupid, alright? just make us be brave, and make us play nice, and let us be together t….

To me, the message of my songs, of all songs, is "enjoy life." My message as a person who evidently doens't have much more planned is the same. It's ….

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage ….

Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well..

Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him..