It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.

One must renounce the bad taste of wishing to agree with many people.

People get very thoughtful when they are in cars. I no longer care for cars. I don't collect them.

I think dysfunctional people are being funneled into very corporate behaviour. Look at the Brits... no one's fighting, and it's boring.

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.

People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.