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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
Censoring what you say is one of the ways in which people who are not nice can take away your personal freedom.
I think pop music has done more for oral intercourse than anything else that has ever happened, and vice versa.
Sometimes I'll write something that's purely autobiographical, and sometimes pure fiction, and sometimes a mix.
I'm a very emotional person, a person of real extremes, and that's often destructive both to myself and others.
If I didn't do this well, I just wouldn't have anything to do... I can't cook, and I'd be a terrible housewife.
I remember so well the day that you came into my life. You asked for my name, you had the most beautiful smile.
It doesn't matter whether you're the king of a country or... a fabulous Beatle; it's what's inside that counts.
Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it's not the right way but wrong's what I do best.
I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again.
The most common misconception people have had in the past is about my own control and calculation of my career.
I know something you don't....and that is.... I'M NOT WEARING ANY UNDERWEAR! We're gonna get sexy for a minute!
I thought 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' was so interesting the way it was made and the texture of it.
I still like weird music but there's such an overabundance that it's hard for me to stay enthusiastic about it.
Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn't mean it's not important or relevant.
I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
I have a lot of Japanese friends: I grew up in Vancouver, and there's this huge Japanese population over there.
I need to be able to work for 20 or 30 hours in one go in complete darkness, alone with just the computer glow.
Just keep it simple. When you over-think what you're wearing, that's when wardrobe malfunctions tend to happen.
Anyone who wants to help me doesn't. Anyone who wants to kill me might. Anyone who wants to love me better not.
You can't right the wrongs because you'll never understand the cause and you'll be too busy dodging the effect.
I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.
There are a few Irish writers who have a very strong influence on me, especially on the 'Take Me to Church' EP.
Some of the earlier stuff I did in studio with producers was very pop-directed, which I was uncomfortable with.
I try to face things without regret, or make sure that I'm happy with things and leave nothing unsaid if I can.
Life is too short to spend in negativity. So I have made a conscious effort to not be where I don't want to be.
It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
Yes, our band will change and evolve, but we want to establish the reality of what this band truly sounds like.
God, just shoot me the day I start making music you can just put on in the car and have a conversation over it.
I play in tune like a cello player and use legitimate vibrato. There are no tricks; it's just all in the hands!
I didn't get my first car until I was 22. It was a BMW 1602 and now I've got it back I'm waiting to restore it.
I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.
I think I was affected quite a bit by musical and creative influences that go all the way back to my childhood.
I think to find an escape route out of a music industry that is becoming more and more focused on making money.
I'm pretty optimistic about the future of rock... it will be back to composition as in classical music or jazz.
I'm not a guitarist as far as a technician goes, I just pick it up and play it. Technique doesn't come into it.
I really wasn't needed... Just straightening up riffs, that's all. Just two guitarists doing it instead of one.
I consider descending chromatic lines and arpeggiated chords basic skills learned by any student of the guitar.
There is no point in putting out 'The Complete BBC Sessions,' and someone's growling that you missed something.
John Peel made his reputation with his radio show and his record label, Dandelion, by championing the underdog.
I've been a fan of Zombie's since the beginning. I've toured with them and have always wanted to play for them.
I believe in the mystery, and I don't want to take it any further than that. Maybe what I mean by that is love.
You got to hidey-hide, you got to jump and run again. You got to hide-hidey-hide, the old man is down the road.
Nobody controls me. I'm uncontrollable. The only one who can control me is me, and even that's barely possible.
I had a mystical experience when I was in my late teens, early 20s, and I spent years trying to recapture that.
Yes, we started out as the Sex Maggots, then became the Goo Goo Dolls, well, and we're still the Goo Goo Dolls!
I like George Will, I don't agree with him particularly, but he's probably the smartest conservative out there.
When someone tells you, "You've changed," it might simply be because you've stopped living your life their way.
As for his secret to staying married: "My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me."
I have had some sorry-ass looks, but I'm the first one to laugh. I'm either to credit or to blame for the '80s.