Well I don't want to talk about myself, that's so rude and egotistical.
When I see old friends, I'm very excited.
As a matter of fact, we put it down because we wanted to be jazz pickers.
I go through a thousand songs to find ten for a new record.
It's my instinct more than my voice that keeps me on top.
You have to fit in sometimes to make people comfortable to listen to you.
There's about one sword-swallower per 2 to 4 million persons in each country.
Making the record was tons of fun, the most fun I've ever had.
My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar!
My biggest asset is not cash - it's a large, growing, devout fanbase.
I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.
What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen.
Well, the stuff that has become more commercial doesn't have any edge.
I'm not ashamed to dress "like a woman" because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman.
To be a famously successful opera singer. I wanted that since I was eight.
I have to take care of myself. It's about self-preservation.
My uncle and my grandfather both worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The light you see at the end of the tunnel is the front of an oncoming train.
When I was growing up, Green Day had just come out.
Growing up in Boston and dancing in the streets, you see a lot of things.
Music is the one place in mass media where kids editorialize to kids.
