Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you “know” about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.
Most people don’t care if you’re telling them the truth or if you’re telling them a lie, as long as they’re entertained by it.
Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.
The moon was sharp enough to draw blood from a stone.
You want soldiers who, when they get to a river after a long march, don’t start rooting for their canteen in their pack, but just dive right in.
You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don’t get out much. It’s true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.
You’re innocent when you dream.