Liar's such a strong word. I prefer to think of it as me omitting some of the details" - Alex
At any moment, you know, your manufactured cool could blow.
And all we are waiting for is something worth waiting for.
If nobody quotes you, you haven't said a thing worth saying.
Someone's writing down your mistakes, someone's documenting your downfall.
One day I'll give birth to a tiny baby girl and when she's born she'll scream and I'll tell her to never stop I will kiss her before I lay her down at night and will tell her a story so she knows how it is and how it must be for her to survive I'll tell her to set things on fire and keep them burning I'll teach her that fire will not consume her that she must use it
Girls have to go somewhere dangerous every now and then just so they know they can find their way home.
The rebellious mood of the country during those [60th] years allowed me to plug right back into my old hatreds. I could scream and holler, as I did on the albums, against religion, government, big business - all those assholes and their values. That hatred was very real.
If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?
Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life.
It was genuinely eye-opening for me to read Tolstoy or Steinbeck or Colette for the first time and to feel as though they were speaking to me.