I don't have talent, I have tenacity.
I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me....
The world's a better place since I chose music.
I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place.
My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.
When I'm off the road, and I can really control my diet down to the calorie, I juice seven days a week. Every afternoon, whatever I have at hand, beets, carrots, ginger, whatever. I juice, literally,...
Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.
While I have no empirical evidence to back this up, I bet that the number of homosexual people per thousand has not fluctuated all that much over the centuries. I do not believe the dented wisdom my f...
Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect marriage of two great American institutions.
When I read that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had disappeared - a state-of-the-art Boeing 777, said to be an incredibly safe way to travel - I waited patiently for the chance to learn what happened.
I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to eat, you really need some sleep. A few days later, things become strange. Lo...
Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians.
America was cool with Saddam Hussein when he was killing Iranians.
I don't hate the government. I don't think the Second Amendment is being infringed upon.
The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.
I am a veteran of the War on Christmas. I am just emerging from a battlefield strewn with dead trees and torn shreds of brightly colored wrapping paper.
When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amen...
Imagine a 15-year-old kid saying, 'I have two moms - it's cool.' I don't fear that at all.
Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.
I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave.