Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.
I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.
I grew up in trailer houses in New Mexico, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.
I grew up very modest, and I never forget that.
I like Marilyn Monroe; she was super glam, weren't she?
I was buying Bob Dylan mainly, everything I could get hold of by him.
Brandy is one of my favorite vocalists. Jay-Z is my favorite emcee outside of Biggie.
As you get older what you think was 10 years ago was actually 15 years ago.
Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it.
You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds.
As a songwriter, it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.
These days I can really get the strings to snap if I want.
My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse.
I can't write about your pain; I only know my own.
Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving.
I formed a band when I was about 13, and we all listened to punk - or what we thought was punk!
You have to lead people to get excited and be passionate and be activated by what you do.
I have drawn a very close bond to all the military people.
Sometimes when you're writing on a ukulele, you're in a totally new land, rhythmically or melodically.
Hopping the fence or wading the Rio Grande River isn't part of America's immigration process.
Without question Gibson guitars are the finest, most revered guitars on the planet.
