The idea that any performer type is owed anything is a joke to me.
I don’t cuss in songs. It’s too easy.
I don’t hate the government. I don’t think the Second Amendment is being infringed upon.
I don’t really write for fun; it’s not an enjoyable experience. For me, art, or whatever the hell it is I do, has always been a refuge from that which makes me want to tear my lungs out. That’s why I play like I play; I’m not into entertainment.
This is my own little rock theory: In my mind, Nirvana slayed the hair bands. They shot the top off the poodles.
Trayvon Martin did not need to die.
Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors.
We are misery-making machines! Homo sapiens has perfected the art of causing suffering. Pain is humankind’s collective GDP.
When people make my country look bad, I can’t stand it.
You can pass all the gun legislation you want. None of it will make me feel any more or less safe than I do right at this moment.
With writing, there are multiple drafts. On stage, there is one take. I do a lot of preparation for shows, so, for the most part, what you hear me say is pretty much what I wanted to get at.
If I were a doctor, I would prescribe that you addict yourself deeply and irrevocably to music and never, ever seek cure outside of more music. It really is the best drug available.
To anger female voters in America is to tread on the tiger’s tail. Women turn out in huge numbers, and they are well aware of how their bodies work and what they need.
Try driving the streets of Los Angeles without seeing a billboard depicting a film with a lead actor holding a gun. It’s almost as if guns are harmless props used to bring out the cheekbones and jawline of the screen star.
Most of the writers I like just intimidate and humble me but in that there’s a good deal of inspiration to be had as well.
The public library system of the United States is worth preserving.
The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible.
I have been restless for as long as I can remember.
I do a lot of stuff for free anyway. Like a lot of people who you see who don’t need money. Mick Jagger – he needs money? He just likes to go sing Satisfaction every night. If I wrote that song I probably would do it too.
I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I’m basically a drip.