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This is my own little rock theory: In my mind, Nirvana slayed the hair bands. They shot the top off the poodles.
Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps money sometimes.
There are a lot of recurring themes that I resonated with when I read 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.'
The choices for me now are completely creative. I know, when I'm going to make a record, it ain't going to sell.
There's a bit of ancient wisdom that appeals to us: it's a saying that a fight starts only with the second blow.
I am gentle. I think nearly everyone who makes music is sensitive - I don't care how hard they pretend they are.
I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved Ava Gardner.
I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play by ear.
I don’t even know at what age I started, because it’s always been there. Performing … creating … it’s in my DNA.
I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.
I'd rather play in front of people who wouldn't listen to Slayer. That to me, is more like, 'Hey, listen to us.'
As we get older, everyday feels longer, and although I know I’ll struggle, I will do my best to never get tired.
I was trying to actively get away from music, I guess. But I recorded a whole bunch of instrumental piano songs.
I think there are definitely a lot of subjects I don't share with people, but I'm not sure where that border is.
I feel like the few times in my life when I really felt like I love my own story is when I've been the happiest.
If you assume you haven't learned anything yet, there's no reason your playing can't stay dynamic all your life.
Hang in there. If you believe what you're doing is unique. Otherwise give up or sound like Nirvana or Pearl Jam.
Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest.
One of the great things about wrestling is how it interrogates this silly idea that you have one authentic self.
As an idea occurs to me, I'll either follow it or not, but I'm more instinctive than master-planner about stuff.
I still think of myself as punk, because the way I became empowered to play music is entirely due to punk bands.
God is a concept by which we measure our pain. I'll say it again. God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
I think middle-class people have the biggest trauma if they have nice imagey parents, all smiling and dolled up.
I believe that we're only as strong as our neighbor is, and the idea that, I'm my brother's keeper works for me.
We're a gumbo of American music, and aren't ashamed to play pop or soul or rock because we all grew up on radio.
When I felt that fame - people were nosing me out - well, I moved on. I used traveling names; wigs if necessary.
You wake up one day and suddenly realize that your youth is behind you, even though you're still young at heart.
What I do is unusual: chordal movements that have never been used before, changing keys and modalities mid-song.
It's okay for my Beliebers to have a boyfriend, but please don't kiss them in front of me because I get jealous.
What do you get when you give a teenager $200 million? A bunch of has-beens calling you a lesbian for two hours.
Anything above 40 is a little too old for me. I just look for a girl who is funny and has nice eyes and a smile.
Jason Mraz, and the new James Blunt song is the worst thing that has ever been created on the face of the earth.
Don't get down on yourself that you can't run a 4K or dance all night long at a fun club. Give yourself a break.
My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow.
I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists.
I've never been good with structure - doing assignments for the sake of them or doing things I'm supposed to do.
I like watching sports. I like going to sports games and that's kind of my life during football season for sure.
The worst crime I could think of would be to pull people off by faking it, pretending as if I'm having 100% fun.
The way that the soul is expressed now, and the only way it expresses itself in this age, is through the senses.
I had gone from being married with a kid, two cars, garage, nice house in a nice neighborhood to all of it gone.
If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.
We never played China, India or Africa. We also haven't played Russia enough. I would love to play those places.
When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool.
The thought of being on my own really terrified me. But then I realized being alone is really a cleansing thing.
America puts killers on the cover of 'TIME' magazine, giving them as much notoriety as our favorite movie stars.
I would only tell a story if I was being mercilessly heckled. That's the only time I would talk to the audience.
I rarely ever respond to misquotes and wrong information. Plus, it only serves to bring attention to the matter.
People think that atheists have nothing to live for, but that's not true - it's that we have nothing to die for.
It'd be tricky to read into my lyrics - some are autobiographical, but sometimes I just like the sound of words.
I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be an outcast.