As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
I kind of romanticized what it was like to be a writer and director when I was in my early twenties. Working as a production assistant knocked that right out of me.
My choice is what I choose to do, And if I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be, And if you're causin' no harm, then you're alright with me.
When I was in school, I used to look out the window and see the big red double-deck buses driving by. It just looked so free.
I don't drink no whiskey but I'm a fool about my home made wine. I stays around Dallas cause I makes it there all the time
It's pretty scripted on the road: very organised and compartmentalised, and that's the way it has to be with so many people involved in a Stones tour.
I first went on the road with the Rolling Stones in the year of our Lord, 1969. But my grandfather gave me away to a drummer when I was 15 years old.
When you're not on the payroll, and you want to continue the Beverly Wilshire lifestyle, but you're only geared for a Holiday Inn existence, things are gonna catch up to you.
'Beneath the Piano' by The Devil Makes Three somehow reminds me of an old Johnny Cash song. The song is a lot of fun and tells a story.
Just keep being true to yourself, if you're passionate about something go for it. Don't sacrifice anything, just have fun.
I'm no intellect. I'm no preacher. I'm an entertainer. And If I don't get up there and entertain people, I'm not giving them what they paid for.
I guess the line between being paranoid and being a rock star is smaller than one would expect.
I feel very comfortable with the way I look, and I feel very comfortable with the kind of confusion that it creates in people's minds.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.
A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's safer!
Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more songs, they'd run out of them.
I learned to embrace my individuality, and if that meant writing a song on one chord over and over again, then that's what I do.
I don't really have a metaphor for how I write, but it kinda feels like chipping away at a big dark object that I can't really see.
Each new book that comes out kind of pulls up the old ones a little bit. The new releases are always going to bolster the old releases.
The first Nintendo game I ever got was 'Clash at Demonhead.' I got into anime and manga thanks to that Canadian classic, 'Sailor Moon.'
I've always been open to the idea of an adaptation that does its own thing, that freely diverges from the original as long as it's true to the spirit.
