I love to write honest songs that name real people, then get up onstage and live out those emotions in front of 15,000 people.

I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

A joke is a very serious thing.

Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.