Accept people, don't stereotype people. Don't think because right now they're driving a cab, they're not going to have a master's degree or that they're dumber than you.
Don't wear your heart on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff.
I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.
There are five things to write songs about: I'm leaving you. You're leaving me. I want you. You don't want me. I believe in something. Five subjects, and 12 notes. For all that, we musicians do pretty well.
I wish you luck with a capital F.
I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.
History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats.
I could easily exist on less money, but I like the way I live now.
New York has always been going to hell but somehow it never gets there.
It's impossible to escape from religion anywhere you are in the States.
I care about facts the way I care about oxygen and imbibing enough water a day to live.