The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are 'accept responsibility. '
Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff.
I hate my voice. I've never been comfortable singing.
I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.
It's the stupidest thing of all time, going on tour. It deteriorates the soul, but it's fun.
I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.
I think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.
One of my earliest memories involves sitting on my dad’s lap in his studio in the garage of our house and watching him draw. I remember thinking: ‘I want to do that, too,’ and I pretty much decided then and there at age 2½ or 3 that I was an artist just like Dad.
A Styrofoam egg carton caught his eye. He opened it and found a single silver orb with little blinking red lights. "This is cool, too!" He dropped it into his backpack. "Dan, no!" "What? They've got plenty of other stuff, and we need all the help we can get!" "It could be dangerous. " "I hope so.
He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.
She was on the far side, leaving two cold feet of mattress between them. He knew that she'd fall asleep like that. . . and then gradually move over until she was plastered against him. Then he could go to sleep, too.