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Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
A dozen war reporters and TV crew, and the King Kong Elvis sang right on cue.
Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do.
Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.
It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself.
Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.
Illusions and pipe dreams on the one hand And straight reality is always cold
I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.
There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.
When I was a kid, I always thought that acting was going to be the way to go.
I'm going to wait til the midnight hour, that's when my love begins to shine.
Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.
Life has a habit of not staying hitched. You got to ride it like you find it.
When children are immunized, it's really the beginning of a new day for them.
Let the sky fall, when it crumbles - We will stand tall - Face it all together
Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting.
It's not easy in this phosphorescent gloom telling waking dreams apart anyhow.
Look to the past and remember no empire rises that sooner or later won't fall.
Whenever I do a parody it's not meant to make you hate anybody's music really.
I'm watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
I was born in '74, so I missed out on all the great early '60s and early '70s.
I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.
My ultimate goal will be my being told in a Penthouse letter that I can frame.
If I acted like I did onstage in normal life, everyone would probably hate me.
You can feel a lot of things, and that's okay. Channel that into your passion.
I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.
If you're in a committed relationship, then you don't want to pursue anything.
I like to think that everything you do or don't do works out in the right way.
To be a good musician, you need to give people what they want, what they need.
Seriously, until I was 16 or 17, I didn't care about anything other than ESPN.
Every artist has to make their own statements and they have to live with them.
I know my dad is a big Internet freak, and he's been known to be a Wikileaker.
I have a strong impulse to protect history and time and the lineage of events.
I tend to wear all black. I like feeling sexy, feminine, effortless, and real.
I don't know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It's so sick.
My goal as a songwriter now is to simply write some memorable turns of phrase.
It's so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am.
True love is about being able to accept raw emotions, no matter how difficult.
I've just put my heart and soul in a song and need at least a week to recover.
I get the most girls, but I'm not the type that actually likes to mess around.
I miss just being able to go out with my dog, in nature and being spontaneous.
Don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart, I just don't think it'd understand.
I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That's three college funds.
I work my back 'til it's racked with pain, the boss can't even recall my name.
When I come out and sing the first few bars of Bill Bailey, it's very exciting
I've watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.
Well there are those who think you can only succeed at someone else's expense.
There's always a bit of nerves that come with expectations and new situations.